Browne ready to earn title shot
World title shots should be earned not given, and Travis Browne wants to know that he did everything right and earned his world title shot if he makes it there.
World title shots should be earned not given, and Travis Browne wants to know that he did everything right and earned his world title shot if he makes it there:
“That is it,” Browne continued. “If you make no excuses, there’s nothing holding you back. People beat themselves in this sport. On that night – on any night – I’m the better fighter and I 100 percent believe that of myself. That’s why I went out there and did what nobody else has done in such a short amount of time to a fighter like Josh Barnett.”
When asked if he’s out for respect, Browne is quick to reply he’s not. Sure, at one point in his career, it was all he could think about. No, however, as time progresses and his resume improves, it’s not ‘respect’ he’s out for exactly. Browne believes doing the work required to be champion naturally confers upon a fighter all the respect they ever wanted.
“That’s the thing. I think people get worried about that,” Browne explained. “That’s something that I wanted when I was really young in the sport, when I first got into UFC. People would say, ‘What do you think?’ and I would say, ‘I want to feel like I belong. I want people to understand that I belong here in the sport.’
“At this point in my career, I don’t care if people think I belong or not because I’m knocking people out. My performance is speaking for itself. The respect that I get is going to be earned. That’s the way i look at it. That’s just the byproduct. The respect is the byproduct of the performances you put on.”