Off the again of his retirement from blended martial arts competitors earlier this yr, former perennial welterweight UFC contender, Matt Brown has as soon as extra mirrored on the event by which he booked his first struggle within the sports activities — after a cocaine binge while attending one other buddy’s bout.
Brown, a veteran former perennial contender underneath the banner of the UFC’s welterweight division, referred to as time on his saved blended martial arts profession again in Could — confirming his most up-to-date knockout win over Court docket McGee within the early goings of final yr was the ultimate time he would compete in fight sports activities.
“Not doing it once more. I’m out. That’s the announcement. My life will now be devoted to serving others. Rising others within the martial arts and constructing companies that may assist the group and the world.”
“Due to @danawhite and @ufc for giving me a platform to specific myself and my model however it’s time to transfer to larger, higher issues,” Matt Brown posted. “I’ll talke about this on the podcast with @damonmartin and go even deeper after I begin my very own podcast that I’ve talked about beginning for years now lol… Anyway, be ready for brand new content material and a brand new Immortal!”
“Take a look at hyperlink in bio on IG for one of the best martial arts instructionals, espresso, creatine gummies and Airbnb listings that I personal!” Matt Brown posted. “There’s one thing there for everybody let’s do!”
Matt Brown displays on cocaine binge previous to MMA debut struggle
And reflecting on his blended martial arts debut struggle towards Ricardo Martinez again in 2005 — whom he completed with a primary spherical neck crank submission win, Brown revealed he took the bout on a whim — having binged cocaine through the minutes forward of the impromptu matchup.
“So it was a buddy of mine — his identify was ‘Fats’ Joe,” Matt Brown stated on the JAXXON Podcast. “And he was going to struggle Wes Sims. And Wes Sims didn’t present up — which doesn’t actually matter, however the different dude, his man didn’t present up. So anyway, this was again within the ‘wild west’ when you could possibly — you may keep in mind lately, when you could possibly simply present up and struggle.”
“And you recognize — you see in films, you recognize, guys smoking their cigars, betting on the fights and, yeah, I used to be all coked up,” Matt Brown defined. “And so they had been like — I heard them say, ‘Who desires to struggle champion?’ or no matter kinda announcement they did. And I used to be like — (mimics sniffing), ‘Yeah, I’ll struggle that motherf*cker, let’s go.’”
