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Title holder hoping to take his MMA career to the next level |
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Monday, 12 October 2009 |
Five fights and hungry for more Charlie Brown, 26, of Malvern indicates that he might entertain thoughts of taking his Mixed Martial Arts career another step.
Brown claimed the Spartan Title Sept. 24, with a win over Joe “Fearless” Ford of Louisiana in a match held at the Garland County Fairgrounds in the Super Heavy Weight Division.
Brown the father of four, ages 2, 4, 6, and 9, and an employee of Pactiv in Malvern didn’t start training for MMA competition until April of 2008, now has a 5-0 record with three knock outs and two technical knock outs.
His first fight ended with a knock out 13 seconds into the first round. His last fight for the vacant spot for the Spartan belt ended with a knock out in the middle of the first round.
Brown says that his most potent weapon is his right hand. “ Right hook, right cross, anything coming from the right,” Brown said of his strengths. “I’m more of a boxer.” Brown said that his opponents have included a kick boxer, a karate fighter and even a street fighter.
Brown is a member of the Malvern Mixed Martial Arts Club where Tony Kidder is the instructor.
There is a fight scheduled for Oct. 24, at the Garland County fairgrounds, but Brown isn’t sure if he will be included on the card or not.
Brown admits that he got into MMA completion sort of on a whim. He only trained for one week for his first fight. Despite that his duration hasn’t been tested as of yet since all of his matches have ended abruptly. The extent of his fighting experience is watching his oldest son Zachary doing Taekwondo.
Brown, a graduate of Glen Rose High School, won the state High School Weight Lifting Championship at age 16 at a weight of 240 pounds in the heavy weight division by bench pressing 350 pounds and power cleaning 315. “I went from football to weight lifting to this,” Brown said.
Brown now tips the scale at 320 pounds. “I would like to get down to the heavy weight division,” Brown said. “I’d like to go pro, this is actually safer tan boxing.”
Brown and his wife, Amy, agree on one thing. “We have to work twice as hard to keep this.” Brown said.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 October 2009 )
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