The main event of UFC 146 may still be a few hours away, but preliminary round viewers on Facebook just witnessed Mike Brown dominate Daniel Pineda. With the victory at the company’s latest pay-per-view, Brown has moved himself one more rung up the ladder in the Featherweight division.
Does this win mean that Brown will be facing Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo in the next few months? Probably not. But the win does get the Portland, Maine native back on his feet after losing two of his three fights in 2011.
The 11-year veteran has been in the world of MMA before UFC or any other companies were getting national recognition or deals with channels like FOX but his age began to show when he fell to Diego Nunes and Rani Yahya in back-to-back fights last year.
A veteran of the now-defunct World Extreme Cagefighting, Brown held the company’s Featherweight championship from 2008 to 2009, but now at age 36, he finds himself climbing the ladder once again.
Brown has now defeated Nam Phan and Pineda in consecutive pay-per-view events with UFC, both victories by unanimous decision.
After his victory Saturday night over Pineda, Brown said, “I feel good. The job is done. There was nothing fancy out there, but it’s another paycheck and another [win].”
From two straight losses to two straight victories, the former WEC star will look to keep his winning streak alive against whoever he steps in the cage with next.
Regardless of who his next opponent is, they will need to be on the lookout for a revitalized and confident Brown.
Oh, and finding a way to combat his deadly strikes such as the superman punch Brown opened up with against Pineda wouldn’t be a bad thing to put on the scouting report either.
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