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1 Profile
2 Early MMA Career
3 The Ultimate Fighter
4 UFC Career
5 Mixed martial arts record
6 Gallery
7 External links

Profile

Matt "The Immortal" Brown (born January 10, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist and a Brazilian jiu jitsu blue belt under UFC veteran, Jorge Gurgel.

He stands 6 ft. tall and fights in the welterweight division (170 lbs.).

He was a quarter finalist on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest and currently fights as a welterweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Early MMA Career

Matt Brown made his professional mixed martial arts debut on October 8, 2005 against Ricardo Martinez. He defeated his opponent via submission at the 2:54 mark of round 1.

In his next outing, just over four months later, Brown scored a 39 second KO over Joey Whitt at a Gracie Fighting League event.

Under three months later, Brown was matched up against UFC veteran, Pete Spratt at the inaugural International Freestyle Fighting event. Brown went the distance with his much more experienced opponent eventually dropping a unanimous decision to his opponent.

Brown bounced back quickly with an armbar victory over Brian King two weeks later before suffering two rear naked choke losses in his next two fights to Mikey Gomez and UFC veteran, Chris Liguori.

"The Immortal" halted the slide in his next fight when he scored a TKO over future TUF 6 contestant, Matt Arroyo.

A TKO over Douglas Lima in his next fight was followed by two more successive submission losses to Jesse Clinton and Daniel Moraes in 2007.

An armbar victory over Dan Kolbasowski left the losing streak at 2 and put his record back in the black to 6-5. Brown's wins and losses would be put back on level pegging in his next fight however as he faced UFC and TUF 4 veteran, Chris Lytle in the toughest test of his career. Brown was tapped by Lytle in the second round via guillotine choke.

The Ultimate Fighter

In early 2008, Brown was selected as a contestant for the seventh installment of hit MMA reality show, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest.

In the first round, Brown had to fight for a spot in the TUF mansion. His fight was the last broadcast of the opening round. He faced Josh Hall who he defeated via TKO in a spirited fight.

In Episode 5, fellow contestant Jeremy May got on Brown's nerves after May messed with Brown's dip. The fight between the rival contestants was set up for episode six in which, Brown did the world a favor by ending May's tournament run with a headkick in the first round.

For the quarter final match-ups, Brown was put up against Amir Sadollah in a fight that was hoped to deliver as the best fight of the season. The two gave the bout every chance at that honor as they slugged it out for almost two full rounds before a weakened Brown succumbed to a triangle choke from Sadollah late in the second.

At The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, Brown was brought back to rematch a man he had beaten earlier in his career, TUF 6's Matt Arroyo. Brown showed that he was the better fighter once again as he stopped Arroyo with a second round TKO.

UFC Career

Free from the banner of TUF 7, Brown embarked on his UFC career at UFC 88 when he faced undefeated Korean, Dong Hyun Kim on the main card. Given little chance before the fight, Brown fought through an early onslaught from the Korean to take the second round. The third round was close but ultimately went to Kim on 2 out of 3 of the judge's scorecards, giving Kim the split decision victory.

Brown was called up on short notice to replace fellow TUF 7 contestant, Matt Riddle at UFC 91 in a bout against Ryan Stephens. Brown looked impressive again as he submitted Stephens in the second round with an armbar to push his record to 8-7.

Brown will return to UFC competition at UFC 96 on the main card against TUF 4 veteran, Pete Sell.