Remember Travis Browne? The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) do not have Until today (Tuesday, July 2, 2024).
MMA Fighting has confirmed that former top-10 heavyweight contender Brown (9-8-1 UFC, 18-7-1 overall) has been released from his UFC contract. The news comes seven years after Brown lost his fourth straight fight in the second round in his last bout. Alexei Oleinik Brown has not shown any signs of returning since the loss, but has never formally announced his retirement. Brown's last victory was a third-round technical knockout. Matt Mitrione January 2016.
While he has spent the last decade in the shadows of mixed martial arts (MMA), he has occasionally been seen hanging out with his wife, a former UFC bantamweight champion. Ronda Rousey.
The 41-year-old “Hapa” entered the Octagon with much fanfare in 2010 as an unbeaten 9-0 prospect. Brown compiled a 13-0-1 record before suffering his first defeat via first-round technical knockout. Antonio “Bigfoot” SilvaHe tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a game in October 2012.
Although Brown's time with the UFC came to an abrupt end, he did have some notable names on his resume with some impressive wins over fighters such as: Alistair Overeem, Josh Barnett, Stefan Struve, Brendan Schauband the aforementioned Mitrione.
