Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Matt Brown
has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
The 43-year-old Ohio native revealed his decision via social media
on Saturday. Brown last appeared at UFC on ABC 4 in May 2023, when
he scored a first-round knockout of Court McGee.
“The Immortal” exits the sport with a 24-19 career mark that was
compiled over the course of a professional tenure that began in
2005.
“Not doing it again, I’m out,” Brown wrote. “That’s the
announcement. My life will now be dedicated to serving others.
Growing others in the martial arts and building businesses that can
help the community and the world.
“Thanks to Dana White and the UFC for giving me a platform to
express myself and my brand but it is time to move on to bigger,
better things!”
A competitor on Season 7 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Brown is the
UFC welterweight division’s all-time leader in finishes (15) and
knockouts (13). He enjoyed his most success in the Las Vegas-based
promotion from February 2012 to May 2014, when he compiled a
seven-bout winning streak in UFC competition.
During his UFC career, Brown secured notable triumphs over the
likes of Stephen
Thompson, Mike Swick,
Jordan
Mein, Erick Silva,
Tim
Means, Diego
Sanchez and Ben
Saunders, among others.
