Brown: I don’t think I’ll fight again
At 38 years of age, Mike Brown has been fighting professional MMA for 13 years, and although he’s not officially announcing his retirement, he might be retired.
At 38 years of age, Mike Brown has been fighting professional MMA for 13 years, and although he’s not officially announcing his retirement, he might be retired:
I don’t think I’ll fight again, Brown told MMAjunkie. I haven’t retired, just in case, because I don’t want to be a guy who walks away and comes right back.
Brown has been contemplating retirement for the past two years, but like most fighters nearing the end of the road, he was doing everything possible to hang on to any dwindling moments of glory.
The final turning point came just recently when Brown withdrew from a scheduled bout opposite Estevan Payan at UFC on FOX 11 on April 19. The 38-year-old felt he would be physically fit to compete at the event until a lingering neck injury flared up again.
I accepted it like seven weeks out, but my neck was kind of bothering me and it’s too much on my neck, Brown said. I was training and in good shape, but then I started losing some strength in my hand again. When I get banged in the head some of my grip strength goes away and it’s just a reoccurring injury.
