Matthew Bujon Brown is a retired mixed martial artist who hails from America has participated in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He got in exposure only after participating in the UFC Fight Night 40 in the year 2014.
He won on an extraordinary salary that worth $ 82000 after winning against the popular Brazilian fighter Erick Silvia that was gamed via the third round of TKO.
This scenario clearly depicts his capacities and the fighting abilities of the American personality. The marvelous fight had made him increase his net worth just by $182,000 overnight.
His estimated salary annually is around $ 800,000. Matt has not disclosed his net worth publicly, and as a result, the exact estimation is not available presently. But on reviewing his sponsorships records and the overall career earnings, it is found out that presently, Matt’s net worth is estimated somewhere around $ 4 million.
Early life
Matthew Bujon Brown was born on 10th January 1981 in the city of Ohio, Jamestown, United States of America. There is information about his parents, but from his upbringing information, it suggested that he belonged to a financially sound family. He got his basic academic qualification from the Greenview High School and soon completed his course on bodybuilding. During Matt’s early teenage days he somehow got addicted to drugs and remained under influence by alcohol. It even affected his health badly. He was out of the habit only after getting passionate about the various techniques of mixed martial art.
He had a sudden realization that he should be responsible towards himself and needs to abstain himself from such rugged lifestyle. Ones during his early years in his career he suffered because of an overdose of the deadly drug heroin, but fortunately, he survived with immediate medical attention. His friends gave him a nickname “The Immortal” as his survival was miraculous.
Brown received his initial training from the famous Japanese trainer Jiu-Jitsu, and on his later days, he went for upgrading his knowledge to Jorge Gurgel that made him receive opportunities to reach MMA.
Career
In the year 2007, February 9th in Georgia, Brown won the championship in the International Sports Combat Federation that was conducted by the referee Douglas Lima. Brown then though of spitting the assured time due to a limited source of monetary associations and in the course of time, The Ultimate Fighter came all the way to Brown’s success. He soon devoted his precious time to getting training from the Matt Hume in the city of Washington DC. The training used to take place in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada .
Matt was chosen among thirty-two fighters among the UFC contracts at six figures in the category of The Ultimate Fighter Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest. On defeating Josh Hall Brown officially made an entry in the show and was successful enough to move to the semifinals by defeating Jeremy May. With little distortion in attention, Brown lost in the second round against the popular fighter Amir Sadollah by his signature defend technique of triangle choke. He was able t manage the head kick of Jeremy but couldn’t manage Sadollah triangle choke.
Matthew Riddle suffered severe injuries in the knee area, and so he was replaced by Brown at UFC 91 and was placed against Ryan Thomas. He used a special technique of armbar to win against his opponent. Even the famous fighter Sell was defeated by him with controversial fights, and finally, he won in the first round via TKO.
At UFC 105 Brown was placed against James Wilks for moving into canvassing for the final third round. His signatures tricks made him get placed in the third position. He also fought with the successful fighter Renzo Gracie and was fortunate enough to participate in the 2010 UFC 111.
Personal life
Matt got married to his wife Colleen Brown and soon became proud parents of twin boys in the year 2010, 8th October. Brown before choosing the profession of a professional fighter was a successful personal trainer. Being an avid fan of heavy metal music. He even approached the famous vocalist of heavy metal genre James Jasta who is a prominent member of the band Hatebreed.
He was there to write the lyrics of the entrance theme song of UFC. The song was given the title “The Immortal” and was launched in iTunes in the year 2015, 10th March. He also appeared on the debate podcast of The Great MMA that was organized along with Mark Coleman, Jermy Loper, and Damon Martin.
In the year 2016, May 15th, Brown was attacked by Rodrigo Botti who was a coach of the Jiu-Jitsu. The assault actually began in the lobby where Brown was spending his vacation. A bystander had video recorded the whole episode, and the Rodrigo was detained by the crowd till the arrival of the police.
But unfortunately, in the arena of boxing, he was not saved by anyone. He had a tournament with the famous fighter Jake Ellnberger and had received multiple injuries and serious symptoms of post-concussion. The fight had severely damaged the fighters speech power as he slurs heavily due to a major nerve injury.
Quick summary:
Full Name: Matthew Bujon Brown
Date of Birth: 10th January 1981.
Birth Place: Jamestown, Ohio, United States of America
Age: 37 Years Old
Profession: Fighter
Height: 6 Feet / 1.83 m
Weight: 170 lbs / 77 Kg
Net worth: $4 million
