Faber insists he did not take Brown lightly

Former World Extreme Cagefighting champion Urijah Faber insists he did not take Mike Brown lightly ahead of their fight in November.

Faber was knocked out in the first-round of the fight and lost his belt.

The two will have a rematch at WEC 41 on June 7.

Frank Mir has claimed that it looked like Faber were taking Brown lightly in their last fight.

Faber told FanHouse.com: “No. I don’t really think too much during my fights, so it’s not like I was thinking, “Oh, Mike Brown’s not too tough, I’ll just throw a back elbow.” It was more like I just bounced off the cage, I could see Mike out of the corner of my eye coming toward me, and I tried a sneak attack and just got caught.”

He added on his training ahead of the fight: “Training is a lifestyle for me, so I’m always in good shape. I don’t ever recall being in a fight when I wasn’t in good shape. One thing I have done is put on a few solid pounds of muscle through doing some lifts, to build up my legs. I feel good, man. I’m ready to rock.”

Tags: Frank Mir, Mike Brown, WEC