BROWN vs SANCHEZ
The weapon of choice ..@IAmTheImmortal #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/SxSZDk3beB
— UFC (@ufc) November 12, 2017
If Saturday’s bout with Diego Sanchez was Matt Brown’s last, “The Immortal” had the perfect ending, as he scored a spectacular first-round knockout of the former Ultimate Fighter winner in the UFC Fight Night co-main event at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia.
But after such a victory, which snapped a three-fight losing streak, the 36-year-old Brown is going to think over a potential retirement before making a final decision.
“We’ll see what happens,” he said. “I’ll talk about it with my friends and family over the holidays. For now, I had to keep my focus on Diego. If you don’t put a hundred percent focus into him, he’s gonna whup your ass and I didn’t want that to happen to me tonight, so I gave it all I got.”
Sanchez raced across the Octagon at the start of the fight and looked for the single leg takedown, but Brown’s defense kept him upright and ultimately allowed him to escape. A second and third attempt ended up in the same fashion and allowed Brown to start getting his strikes off. With just over two minutes left, Sanchez nailed Brown with a kick to the body that jarred “The Immortal,” but the Ohio native recovered quickly, and as he caught a Sanchez kick, he drilled the Albuquerque native with a right elbow, ending the fight immediately. The official time of the knockout was 3:44 of round one.
With the win, Brown ups his record to 23-16; Sanchez falls to 29-11.
ARLOVSKI vs ALBINI
Mike King stepping in to stop the fight at 1:07 of the opening frame.
With the win, Guida moves to 34-14; Lauzon falls to 27-15.
