Brown: Personal life ‘wasn’t a factor’ in loss
After Brown suffered a first-round knockout to Gamburyan, UFC president Dana White told reporters that the former champion suffered personal…
After Brown suffered a first-round knockout to Gamburyan, UFC president Dana White told reporters that the former champion suffered personal problems in training camp and said he was tipped off to the issue by Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields and famed MMA trainer Mark DellaGrotte.
“I’m not sure where everything’s coming from,” Brown today told MMAjunkie.com from American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Fla. “I’ve talked to Jake before, and I know Mark. Everybody has issues going on, but it wasn’t a factor in my fight.”
“I was training good. I just got hit with a shot. It’s never happened before, man. I’ve never been hurt.”
“I don’t want to take time off. I know I have to a little bit. But I’d like to fight on the next show. It just sucks, man. I got hit with one or two punches and got dropped, and they stopped the fight. Five seconds when you get your wits back, you’re fine.”