{"id":105923,"date":"2014-07-22T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=105923"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:50:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:50:32","slug":"matt-browns-strategy-to-win-is-to-not-think-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/matt-browns-strategy-to-win-is-to-not-think-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Brown&#8217;s Strategy To Win, Is To Not Think About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/matt-brown-issues-apology-for-recent-controversy\/matt-brown-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81164\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matt-Brown-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Matt Brown  PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matt-Brown-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matt-Brown-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matt-Brown-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matt Brown is coming up on the most important fight of his life this Saturday against Robbie Lawler, but he is also coming off of a string of 7 of the best performances of his life.  The Immortal spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/07\/matt-browns-dilemma-for-purpose-of-winning-you-try-not-to-think-about-winning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to talk about why the best strategy for winning a fight, is to not think about winning.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s a really, really difficult thing,\u201d Brown told MMAjunkie. \u201cBecause ultimately all those things you\u2019re trying to do \u2013 focusing on the moment, not thinking about the outcome \u2013 are all for the purpose of winning. So for the purpose of winning, you\u2019re trying not to think about winning.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One thing Brown is never discredited of is mental toughness.  In his last fight with Erick Silva, fans saw Brown dropped with body shots multiple times, however where other fighters have been unable to defend themselves and had the fight stopped, Brown pushed on.  His mental toughness is what he believes gives him a superior advantage to fighters that may be technically more sound than himself.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt can be everything,\u201d Brown said. \u201cIf you\u2019ve got two guys in there who are similar athletically, it\u2019s going to come down to mental toughness. At this level, if you don\u2019t have mental toughness, you\u2019re going to have problems right away. I think mental toughness can overcome athleticism way more than athleticism can overcome mental toughness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I\u2019ll get on the aerodyne (bike) and crank it out as hard as I can, just imagine the fight happening in front of me, and when I imagine him swinging a punch at me, I\u2019ll just crank the aerodyne a little bit harder,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThe mind is something you have to constantly work on, just like the body. You have to always be making it stronger. A lot of people think you\u2019re either born tough, born with heart, or you\u2019re not. I disagree. I think it can be taught and it can be learned to a certain extent. It\u2019s not so much about whether you\u2019re born with it as whether you want it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like to say that I don\u2019t care whether I win or lose, but I don\u2019t think about it,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThe outcome is secondary to what I\u2019m actually trying to do. That\u2019s a tough thing to learn.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Brown is coming up on the most important fight of his life this Saturday against Robbie Lawler, but he is also coming off of a string of 7 of the best performances of his life. 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