Mike Brown: Well he's definitely going to come after me and he's going to be fast. He does some crazy stuff like flying knees as we witnessed in his last fight with Cub Swanson. Maybe this time around he'll be more conservative. It's tough to tell what to expect from him. It's hard to predict. Even when I think I have a handle on what to expect from fighters, I still get caught off guard. I bet on fights sometimes thinking I know which way the fight is going to go and I still lose a lot of money. It's hard to predict fighters because there are so many variables to deal with in MMA. There's only one way to find out at that's to go in there and fight which is what I'm going to do on November 18.

FiveKnuckles.com: Where do you feel Jose Aldo ranks among a stacked WEC featherweight division?

Mike Brown: He's certainly up there. I'm the champion so naturally I'm considered the number one guy. I think most people consider Faber number two. After that the door seems to be wide open with all of the other guys out there. It's definitely a tossup. I think [Jeff] Curran's been struggling. [Leonard] Garcia only has one loss in the division which was against me. Wagnney Fabiano is a very good fighter who just got knocked off, but I'm sure he'll come back strong. There's a bunch of tough guys, it's just hard to pinpoint where they fall into the rankings. Who's really to say because the rankings are just opinions and half the time they are wrong anyway. The division is very strong and exciting and I'm sure the WEC won't have any problem finding opponents for me.

FiveKnuckles.com: Do you think the featherweight division is shaping up to be the most exciting weight class in all of MMA?

Mike Brown: Of course. It really comes down to promoting the fighters the right way. If fans know who the fighters are, then they become interested. If the fans don't know the fighters and a little bit about their backgrounds, then it's just two guys beating the crap out of each other in a cage. Of course most of the fighters are equally skilled so it pretty much boils down to the fans buying into the whole thing and the featherweight fighters are among the most exciting in the world. Now, we don't get paid as much as the other divisions do because we don't have pay-per-views like the UFC does, but we work just as hard. Everybody I train with fights in the UFC. I train with the 155 pounders at American Top Team and about ten of them are in the UFC.

FiveKnuckles.com: Do you see a problem with the WEC being on cable television versus going the pay-per-view route like the UFC?

Mike Brown: That's actually why the money isn't the same because there are no pay-per-views yet. I mean the real fans know exactly what's going on, but the casual fan who maybe watches the UFC once every couple months doesn't know anything about the WEC and misses out entirely on one of the best divisions in the world.

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