Mike Brown earns a win over Daniel Pineda – Photo by Donald Miralle via UFC.com
Former WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown (26-8) had talked about retiring following his fight with Daniel Pineda this past weekend at UFC 146 in Las Vegas.
The 36-year-old fighter earned a unanimous decision victory over Pineda on the preliminary portion of the pay-per-view event Saturday night.
Speaking on Monday as a guest on the podcast “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo”, Brown says he’s still undecided about retirement and that he “felt so good” in his fight against Pineda that “it’s going to be a hard decision” on whether he retires or not.
“I’m still thinking about it. Going into the fight, I thought there would be a high chance of finishing with this one. My body hasn’t been feeling that great and I’ve been having medical issues. When I had the bad streak my body was shutting down. Out of nowhere, nothing’s really changed, I’m just coming out of it.
“I had planned on retiring but I felt so good, and it’s going to be a hard decision. I’m going to sit down the next couple weeks and think about it.”
Hit the link above to listen to the podcast, which also includes guests Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, Brazilian MMA journalist Marcelo Alonso, AKA’s Javier Mendez, Bellator Season Six lightweight tourny winner Rick Hawn, and United Glory Commentator Stephen Quadros.