Matt Brown berättade för ”The MMA Hour” att han tog förlusten mot Jake Ellenberger väldigt hårt. Den 35-årige veteranen menade att han underskattat Ellenberger, något som kostade honom matchen när han i juli i år förlorade mot Ellenberger via teknisk knockout i första ronden.
That was probably the toughest loss of my career and I’ll tell you why. My reasoning is that wins and losses have never been a huge thing to me, they have never been the primary focus. I just want to do the best I can, and be happy with myself on Sunday because I know I gave it my all, win or lose. That one I felt I didn’t give it all I had. I think I took it way for granted, and I didn’t show Jake enough respect and I learned the hard way
Vidare menar Brown att förstod sig på hur Ronda Rousey måste känt sig efter hennes förlust mot Holly Holm, Brown hade nämligen tankar på att ta sitt eget liv.
I delt with it really tough. It was a tough one. You know, I probably felt like Ronda Rousey; I wanted to kill myself, which is after every loss, you know, we’re all the same. But you know what, I have three kids and I had to come home and be a role model to them. I had to get up the next morning and make breakfast, and show them that no matter how many times you get taken down, you get your ass up and do it again. I just didn’t respect my opponent, was overconfident, and I don’t like that of myself
Well, my point I guess is that you really do feel like you want to kill yourself. You feel like that low of a person. You get beat up like that in front of millions of people, your friends and family. You know, it’s not right to feel that way, and you shouldn’t feel that way, but you do feel that way. I’m fortunately mature enough to be able to handle those feelings and not act on them, obviously, but of course I guess it’s more of an expression that you really do feel that low at that time.
Brown sade senare i intervjun att han kommit på bättre tankar och att det bara var vid en tidpunkt han känt sig deprimerad och nere.
I’m fortunately mature enough to be able to handle those feelings and not act on them, obviously, but of course I guess it’s more of an expression that you really do feel that low at that time.
Browns nästa match är planerad för UFC 207 där han kommer att möta Tarec Saffiedine den 30 december i år.
