Mike Brown: The Underdog Champion
The fluke talk and related questions have subsided. But Mike Thomas Brown, even after destroying Urijah Brown and Leonard Garcia…
The fluke talk and related questions have subsided. But Mike Thomas Brown, even after destroying Urijah Brown and Leonard Garcia back-to-back, even after being fitted with a WEC championship belt, is occasionally reminded that the residue of being underestimated is a stubborn one and not so easily washed away. He was reunited with this perplexing phenomenon earlier this week upon learning that oddsmakers have pegged him as a slight underdog for his rematch with Urijah Faber.
This is the first I’ve heard of it and I’m actually surprised, Brown said. If I was a bookie, I would put myself as a slight favorite, honestly. I mean, I beat him once already. It’s not like I’ve surprised anybody; I’ve fought a long time and a lot of good guys so it’s not a new thing that I’m fighting at this level. I would think that since I won the first fight, they would put me ahead a little bit.