For UFC 145’s Brown, Thompson’s surprisingly normal approach proved challenging

Matt Brown thought he’d be fighting the second coming of Cung Le when he
stepped into the octagon with champion kickboxer Stephen Thompson.

Instead, he took a lot of punches to the head.

“I was throwing more kicks than he was in the beginning,” Brown…

Matt Brown thought he’d be fighting the second coming of Cung Le when he
stepped into the octagon with champion kickboxer Stephen Thompson.

Instead, he took a lot of punches to the head.

“I was throwing more kicks than he was in the beginning,” Brown told
MMAjunkie.com Radio. “But his hands surprised
me because I spent so much of the camp on the kicks that I think it
threw me off in the fight.”