{"id":105782,"date":"2026-06-03T07:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/matt-brown\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:37:58","slug":"matt-brown","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/matt-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Matt Brown \u00ab\u00a0The Immortal\u00a0\u00bb : l&rsquo;homme qui ne devait pas survivre<\/h2>\n<p>Le surnom \u00ab\u00a0The Immortal\u00a0\u00bb n&rsquo;est pas un effet de style marketing. Matt Brown l&rsquo;a gagn\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;arrach\u00e9, apr\u00e8s avoir fr\u00f4l\u00e9 la mort d&rsquo;une overdose d&rsquo;h\u00e9ro\u00efne au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 2000. N\u00e9 le 10 janvier 1981 \u00e0 Jamestown, Ohio \u2014 une bourgade sans perspective notable \u2014 il passe par l&rsquo;addiction \u00e0 la meth, la coca\u00efne, la rue et la prison avant de raccrocher avec le MMA. C&rsquo;est ce contexte qui explique tout le reste : un combattant qui ne recule devant rien parce qu&rsquo;il a d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu pire que l&rsquo;octogone.<\/p>\n<h3>TUF 7 et les d\u00e9buts UFC<\/h3>\n<p>Brown passe professionnel en 2005 apr\u00e8s un bref parcours amateur (2-0). En 2008, il int\u00e8gre la saison 7 de The Ultimate Fighter \u2014 \u00ab\u00a0Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 et atteint les quarts de finale avant de tomber face \u00e0 Amir Sadollah, le futur vainqueur de la saison. Son entr\u00e9e dans le roster UFC officiel arrive le 21 juin 2008, avec une victoire contre Matt Arroyo. Le ton est donn\u00e9 : Brown ne s&rsquo;\u00e9conomise pas.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;ascension : une s\u00e9quence qui marque l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>C&rsquo;est entre 2011 et 2013 que Brown s&rsquo;impose vraiment dans la conscience collective des fans de MMA. Il encha\u00eene les victoires avec une r\u00e9gularit\u00e9 d\u00e9concertante, toujours en cherchant la finition. Le 21 avril 2012 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 145, il inflige \u00e0 Stephen Thompson sa toute premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite professionnelle \u2014 Thompson qui deviendra par la suite deux fois challenger au titre. Le 8 d\u00e9cembre 2012 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC on Fox 5, il sort Mike Swick par KO au deuxi\u00e8me round. Brown est alors l&rsquo;un des combattants les plus excitants du poids welter.<\/p>\n<p>Le 10 mai 2014, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night 40, il produit l&rsquo;une de ses meilleures performances face \u00e0 Erick Silva \u2014 TKO au troisi\u00e8me round dans un combat que tout le monde attendait comme une boucherie, et qui l&rsquo;a \u00e9t\u00e9. Double bonus cette nuit-l\u00e0 : \u00ab\u00a0Fight of the Night\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0Performance of the Night\u00a0\u00bb. Trois mois plus tard, le 26 juillet 2014 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC on Fox 12, il dispute cinq rounds contre Robbie Lawler pour une place dans la course au titre. Il perd aux points, mais le combat reste une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence de la division.<\/p>\n<h3>Style et identit\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Brown est un bagarreur dans le sens le plus litt\u00e9ral. Six pieds, 75 pouces de reach, il combat en orthodoxe et pousse un rythme d&rsquo;enfer d\u00e8s la cloche. Sa sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9 : les KO debout, au poing comme au coude. C&rsquo;est d&rsquo;ailleurs un coude brutal qui endort Diego Sanchez d\u00e8s le premier round le 11 novembre 2017 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night 120 \u2014 encore un \u00ab\u00a0Performance of the Night\u00a0\u00bb. Sa carri\u00e8re comptabilise au total 4 bonus \u00ab\u00a0Fight of the Night\u00a0\u00bb et 4 \u00ab\u00a0Performance of the Night\u00a0\u00bb, ce qui dit quelque chose sur la qualit\u00e9 de ce qu&rsquo;il produit dans l&rsquo;octogone.<\/p>\n<h3>Fin de carri\u00e8re et retraite<\/h3>\n<p>Les ann\u00e9es 2016-2020 sont plus compliqu\u00e9es : une soumission par rear naked choke de Demian Maia \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 198 (14 mai 2016), des hauts et des bas sans retrouver le niveau de 2014. Il revient tout de m\u00eame signer quelques victoires propres en fin de parcours : KO contre Dhiego Lima le 20 juin 2021, d\u00e9cision serr\u00e9e contre Bryan Barberena le 27 mars 2022, puis un dernier KO contre Court McGee le 13 mai 2023 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC on ABC 4. Le 4 mai 2024, il annonce officiellement sa retraite avec un record de 26 victoires et 19 d\u00e9faites, dont 13 KO en UFC \u2014 deuxi\u00e8me total de l&rsquo;histoire de la promotion \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Brown_(fighter)\">Wikipedia EN<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/matt-brown\">UFC.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Brown \u00ab\u00a0The Immortal\u00a0\u00bb : ex-toxicomane devenu l&rsquo;un des KO artists les plus spectaculaires de l&rsquo;UFC welter, avec 26 victoires et 13 KO en carri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102316,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69976],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105782","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-welterweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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