If anybody knows what it’s like to considered a nowhere man going against a titan of industry, it’s American Top Team’s Mike Brown. A little over ten years ago, Brown was a challenger for then thriving WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, who — with a 13-fight winning streak that spanned three years — carried with him a sheen of invincibility. Not too many people liked Brown’s chances to snatch Faber’s belt. Yet on Nov. 8, 2008, out in Hollywood, Florida, that’s exactly what he did.
He took “The California Kid” out in the first round, won the title, and then duplicated the feat the following June in Faber’s hometown of Sacramento.