{"id":268584,"date":"2018-01-24T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T19:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268584"},"modified":"2018-01-24T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T19:15:47","slug":"ahead-scrap-carlos-condit-matt-brown-updates-retirement-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-brown\/ahead-scrap-carlos-condit-matt-brown-updates-retirement-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of scrap with Carlos Condit, Matt Brown updates on retirement plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally, Matt Brown was expected to retire after his last fight \u2013 a brutal, elbow-induced knockout of the veteran Diego Sanchez. Instead, however, Brown has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-brown\/ko-diego-sanchez-matt-brown-flip-flops-retirement-decision-1\/\">put his retirement plans on hold<\/a>. The fan favorite welterweight is now scheduled for a scrap with the similarly entertaining Carlos Condit on April 14 at UFC on Fox 29.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Brown explained his decision to hold off on his retirement on a recent episode of<a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/01\/matt-brown-carlos-condit-last-fight-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> MMA Junkie Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said [to the UFC], \u2018Keep offering fights. If the right thing comes up, I will come right back,&#8217;\u201d\u00a0Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>Brown elaborated, explaining that his family \u2013 particularly his kids \u2013 were pretty supportive of his choice to keep fighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The] kids love me fighting,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThey were jumping up and down when I told them I was fighting again. They were like, \u2018Yes, yes\u2019 and pumping their fists and shadow-boxing. They\u2019re all about it.\u00a0They want to see me fight, and they want to see me beat people up. So, they\u2019re excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the more adult family \u2013 it\u2019s kind of up in the air. We see the pros and the cons. My wife certainly enjoys more time with me. But she likes fighting, too. She likes to see me accomplish what I set out to do. So we\u2019re in it together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really scared me, the thought of retiring,\u201d Brown added later. \u201cIt was a really nerve-wrecking thing. And I had no idea what I was going to do. So I just kind of had to make it official \u2013 which turned out not to be official, but at the time it was official. And I\u2019m not so scared. I had lot of opportunities come up.\u00a0I\u2019ve been doing a lot of work with MusclePharm, specifically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 Just a lot of opportunities came up that I guess I just didn\u2019t realize were out there, because I\u2019ve always been so hyper-focused on the fighting. And it just made me feel a lot more comfortable with stepping away from the sport. Just realizing there\u2019s another world out there, and I can handle that, and I could be content with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his scrap with Condit on the horizon, Brown still isn&#8217;t sure what the future holds as far as his fighting career goes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of it is going to depend on how I feel throughout the camp,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThat\u2019s really the big thing. Specifically, when I announced the retirement, I had this fight with Diego, and my body was hurting real bad and just not getting into shape the way that I had when I was younger. My mindset wasn\u2019t really there to take the kind of abuse that I\u2019ve been taking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it turned out to be an amazing camp. I surrounded myself with the right people, and I felt amazing during the whole camp and amazing during the fight. I\u2019m going to keep the same people around me and assuming things go as well throughout the camp. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIrrespective of whether it\u2019s a win or loss, if I feel that good again in camp, I\u2019m going to keep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Matt Brown should continue to fight after his upcoming skirmish with Carlos Condit?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/24\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally, Matt Brown was expected to retire after his last fight \u2013 a brutal, elbow-induced knockout of the veteran Diego Sanchez. Instead, however, Brown has put his retirement plans on hold. The fan favorite welterweight is now scheduled for a scrap with the similarly entertaining Carlos Condit on April 14 at UFC on Fox 29. 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