LAS VEGAS – Randy Brown is glad the people around intervened before he could follow through with fighting Muslim Salikhov in December.
Brown (17-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) is scheduled to meet Salikhov (19-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 235. in a welterweight bout at the UFC Apex (ESPN+). The matchup was originally scheduled for UFC 296 on Dec. 16, but less than 48 hours before the event, Brown was forced to withdraw due to illness.
It was an agonizing decision, Brown said, but ultimately it’s happening six weeks later, and he’s glad he didn’t step into the octagon while badly compromised.
