LAS VEGAS -- Remember when Mike Brown punished opponents with his fists during his heyday as WEC featherweight champion?
That was in large part Howard Davis Jr.'s doing.
Brown, a native of Maine, found his groove as a fighter when he relocated to Coconut Creek, Fla., and joined the American Top Team in 2005. With Davis as his boxing coach, Brown went on a 10-fight tear and finished Urijah Faber at the peak of his popularity to win WEC gold back when that belt signified the best in the world at 145 pounds.