He is the head coach for many current UFC and Bellator fighters, including Dustin Poirier, Alexandre Pantoja, Bo Nickal, Mateusz Gamrot, Renato Moicano, Danny Sabatello and Johnny Eblen.

Brown wrestled at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, Maine, where he won a state championship in 1992, his junior year.

Although he was an average student in high school, he was able to apply his focus to academics and excelled as a scholar-athlete in college.

Riding a six-fight win streak, Mike Brown signed with the WEC's Featherweight division.

The fight was originally set to take place in Hollywood, Florida on September 10, 2008, but it was postponed to November 5, 2008, due to Hurricane Ike.

At the time, Faber had held the title for over two and a half years and was widely considered to be the best fighter at 145 pounds in the world.

[7][8] Brown welcomed the opportunity to fight the best in the world and felt that his training with American Top Team had prepared him well.

[9] When the heavily-favored Faber attempted a risky elbow strike, Brown countered with a right hook to the jaw, knocking down the champion.

[10][11] Brown's first title defense came against Texas-native Leonard Garcia in Corpus Christi, Texas as the main event of WEC 39.

[16] Urijah Faber was defeated a second time by Brown via unanimous decision in front of his hometown crowd in Sacramento.

[26] Brown jumped right back into action to face Rani Yahya on January 22, 2011, at UFC Fight Night 23, replacing an injured Chan Sung Jung.

In an interview with Ariel Helwani following the fight, Brown stated that he would give himself two weeks to consider retiring based on how his body felt after recovering.