After twelve years as a professional mixed martial artists and 37 fights, Matt “The Immortal” Brown may have made his final walk to the cage on Saturday. The 36-year-old stated that his UFC Fight Night 120 co-main event bout against veteran Diego Sanchez would be his final time inside the Octagon but walked those comments back during fight week. After his performance, he may rethink retirement.
If Saturday was Brown’s final fight, he’ll walk away from the fight game on a high note. He weather Sanchez’ aggressive attacks and takedown attempts to score a first-round knockout. It was Brown’s first win since July 2015.
Sanchez rushed across the cage at the sound of the bell and landed right hand before quickly changing levels and looking for a takedown. Brown defended the attempt and the two separated. Sanchez continued to look to get the fight to the ground, but Brown shook off each attempt.
Sanchez briefly hurt Brown with a liver kick, but Brown fired back. Sanchez threw another body kick and Brown caught it and delivered a devastating elbow that left Sanchez face-planted on the canvas. The end came at the 3:44 mark of the opening round.
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