Tony Reid- If you could pick one fight from your career that every

Tony Reid- If you could pick one fight from your
career that every MMA Fan should see which one
would you choose and why?
Matt Brown- Shit, I’ve had a lot of fights, man! I guess the Pete
Sell fight. That was probably the most dominant victory I ever
had. It was in my hometown and I really felt at the top of my
game that night. I wouldn’t want to tell them to watch me lose.
I didn’t even get punched or anything so I might as well go
with the one where I was most dominant.
Tony Reid-If you could fight anyone in any weight
class who would you fight and why?
Matt Brown- Probably Fedor. He’s the greatest ever so I want
to see how I would do against the greatest fighter ever. Either
him or Bruce Lee. I don’t care to fight anyone because of any
type of dislike. I’m more about putting myself up against the
best.
Tony Reid- What was the most memorable thing that
has ever happened during training?
Matt Brown- The first time I sparred with Wanderlei Silva.
I remember making jokes about that back in the day. I
remember certain guys were like, “I wouldn’t want to train
with him” and I was like, “I would love to get knocked out by
Wanderlei!” He was a big reason why I got started in MMA.
As a motivational person to look up to and just to come from
sitting on a couch idolizing a man to being in the same room
as him and actually sparring with him made that the most
memorable thing in my training career.
Tony Reid-You list Wanderlei Silva as your first
“favorite fighter”. There are many similarities
stylistically between you and Wanderlei. Is that by
coincidence or by design?
Matt Brown- In the beginning I definitely emulated him a lot.
He was the guy I wanted to be like and fight like. I would even
think about it before my fights like, “How would Wanderlei
do this?” As I progressed myself more and more, that’s never
left me cause that was my base, but now its more my own
thing. I didn’t have any skills at all when I started out. I didn’t
know how to fight and I thought Wanderlei didn’t know how
to fight either, just going in there winging it and swinging for
the fences, at least that’s what it looks like. There is a method
behind the madness, too. It’s the whole Chute Boxe Style, not
just Wanderlei but Shogun…all the Chute Boxe guys. I just
love that style.
Tony Reid- Now that you are spending much more
time in Las Vegas, what do you like and dislike most
about the city?
Matt Brown-The biggest problem with Vegas, training wise,
is that there are so many studs out here but there is no place
where everyone comes together. Everyone is so scattered that
it turns into a mess in that regard. I love the city itself and
that is actually the main reason I moved here. The worst thing
about the city is that there are so many guys that it seems like
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it should be the greatest place in the world for
MMA but everyone is doing their own thing.
It could be the greatest place in the world for
MMA but its not. You hear people out here all
the time saying, “I wish everyone would come
together.” It’s probably never going to happen
but its wishful thinking. There are over 100
high level guys here but to get 10 in the same
room is a rare thing.
Tony Reid-What was the most
memorable moment from your season
of The Ultimate Fighter that didn’t make
it to T.V.?
Matt Brown- Oh man, (Frank) Mir and I were
just talking about that! One of the biggest
things from my season was Jesse Taylor’s
poems. That dude rattled off poems every day.
He had the most ridiculous stuff you have ever
heard in your life! If you heard one of them
you would die laughing.
meaningful poems but it really was just
nonsense. He will send me a poem on MySpace
and it will just be the most ridiculous thing
ever.
Tony Reid-Can you explain how you
got your nickname “The Immortal”?
Matt Brown-I came close to death a few times
from various things and my friends were joking
around and calling me immortal. When I got
it tattooed on me it just reminds me of those
days and my life goal is to be immortalized,
to be remembered forever. It’s not about me
thinking I’m never going to die or like I’m a
f***ing vampire or anything. The greatest thing
you achieve in life is to have a legacy that lives
on forever.
Tony Reid- Were the poems more like a
rap or haiku or somewhere in between?
Matt Brown- It was just a bunch of random
words. Half of them he made up or didn’t
know what they meant. He had them in
the wrong context. To him they were deep,
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