Boy, UFC welterweight contender Matt Brown sure had a rough weekend.
After being attacked by fans multiple times during his UFC 198 entrance on Saturday night and losing via choke to Demian Maia inside the Octagon, Brown was also attacked by an old coach of his in the lobby of the hotel he was staying at over the weekend.
Brown’s ex-jiu-jitsu coach Rodrigo Botti reportedly ran into Brown’s hotel, struck Brown, and tried to run away, only to be caught by Brown’s friends and beat down in the parking lot outside of the hotel.
Video footage of Botti being caught and beaten down by Brown’s friends has surfaced online, and can be seen above via the embedded YouTube video player.
Additionally, Brown’s wife and UFC analyst Brian Stann spoke about the incident on social media, and UFC executives have issued a statement regarding the matter. You can check out the tweets and UFC’s statement below.
Not a random fan who attacked Matt. It was Rodrigo Botti who is an absolute psycho.
— Colleen Brown (@Mrs_Immortal) May 15, 2016
In Feb 2015 Matt wore wrestling shoes on mats and Botti got pissed..shoved Matt so Matt fought back. Botti called cops like a wimp.
— Colleen Brown (@Mrs_Immortal) May 15, 2016
Random fan runs into hotel, hits Matt Brown, and runs. Matt's friend catches him. Wow
— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) May 15, 2016
Not a random fan. Guess it is a guy who has had a long time grudge w/ Matt, old coach or something, odd. Security has him now
— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) May 15, 2016
“UFC is aware that welterweight contender Matt Brown was allegedly attacked today by a former acquaintance at the UFC 198 host hotel in Curitiba, Brazil,” the statement said. “UFC has been in communication with local authorities to gather more information relative to the alleged attack, and is reviewing security measures at the hotel.
“Fortunately, Brown was uninjured in the situation and will return home to the United States later today as planned.”
