Todd Brown Discusses His Career And Road to UFC 117
Posted by Larry Csonka on 07.29.2010
The 38-year-old plans to deliver…
- Todd Brown recently discussed his career and road to the UFC, here are the highlights…
On His Age: "In this case, my age is probably a good thing. I've been around a long time. I've been fighting for a long time."
On Octagon Jitters: "I train hard, and I know that the day of (the fight), I'm going to be a little bit, 'Ooh, this is the big show,'" Brown admitted. "I was like that when I was in Stevie Lopez's corner. 'Wow, this is awesome.' I've kind of walked through it in the corner situation. Now I'll be doing it as a fighter, and quite frankly, one we hit each other, it's just a fight. Everything else kind of disappears."
On Getting To The UFC: "It's just kind of how the ball bounces in the Midwest," Brown said. "We're from a small town. We're not really connected. Ken Pavia has done a good job getting Stevie Lopez in and now myself, and I've got two other guys that are real quality guys. It's just when you're in the Midwest, it's hard to pop that bubble and get in the game. I went to some shows, and I fought some guys that I thought would get me some notoriety. None of that really matters unless you've got somebody in the trenches working for you to get you that shot. For sure, you need to have representation and somebody out there fighting that fight for you."
On His Strengths: "Not to give too much up, but basically I think my strength is standing," Brown said. "I love to Thai box. I love to be inside and do work. I'm not much of a runner, and from what I know about him, he's not either. I'm pretty sure we're going to butt heads in the middle and see what happens. My submissions basically come from if we hit the floor, then I use my jits and I punch him a lot. If they give me their neck, I take it."
