Matt Mitrione hung with Travis Browne through round one before an eye poke in the waning moments of the round. He suffered another eye poke in the second, but kept the fight close enough through the end of the round. (Mitrione and Browne landed a near identical number of strikes through two, though all three judges had the bout 20-18 for Browne.) He fell behind in the third, however, with Browne slamming him to the mat before punching him out from mount.
Browne addressed his intent at the post-fight press conference: “I’m not a dirty fighter, and even in the fight, I’m like, ‘Matt, I’m really sorry.