Former Ultimate Fighter 8 headliner Junie Browning (3-0) will reportedly make his second appearance inside the Octagon against American Top Team lightweight Cole Miller (14-3) at UFC Fight Night 18 in Nashville, Tenn., on April 1.
Browning, the most controversial contestant on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) since Chris Leben, was a foul-mouthed drunk who everyone wanted to see get his ass kicked (including Dana White).
Junebug however, may have had the last laugh, demonstrating some nice stand-up and improved cardio in his submission win over fellow castmate Dave Kaplan at last month’s Ultimate Fighter Finale 8.
Browning also seems to now be on the straight and narrow after his tumultuous alcohol-induced stint on the mixed martial arts reality series. Perhaps he can once and for all realize the potential that was being wasted on booze and backstabbing.
He’ll have to have his submission defense in check however when he faces “Mangrino.” Like Browning, Miller was a talented up-and-comer who fell just short of the TUF finals, eventually succumbing to Joe Lauzon after being rattled with an illegal punch to the back of his head in the TUF 5 semifinals.
Since his UFC debut in June of 2007, Miller has gone 3-1, including an impressive submission victory over exiled lightweight Jorge Gurgel at UFC 86.
UFC Fight Night 18 will serve as the lead-in to The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 on Spike TV. The event has yet to be announced or made official; however, two additional bouts are also rumored for the show, including a match up between TUF 8 lightweight winner Efrain Escuedero taking on Jeremy Stephens and Ricardo Almeida challenging Matt Horwich.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more announcements and news surrounding UFC Fight Night 18.
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whoooo cares? hey you guys know a good way to not get blackouts? last 4-5 times ive been out drinking i forgot half the night… dont be dumb and say “dont drink” or some nonsense, im looking for some real answers!
asprin before and after drinking….you won’t remember anything but you won’t have a hangover….
yeah im not too worried about hangovers that much, except that i cant work out the next day which i hate… but anyways i woke up new years morning in some very good looking girls house with no recollection of how i got there or how we met, and i dont think she liked that very much… what a blown opportunity
Lucky you it was a girl & good-looking - I had it much worse than that
lol jack, what did you go home with?
Home - who said anything about home?
I woke up in the middle of a ghetto - with no idea how I got there - what I remembered as being a hot young lating chick before the blackout - was nothing of the sort when I woke up; all my money was gone - my cellphone was dead - and trust me I had no wish to investigate whether it really was a woman - I RAN!!!
I was cowering in my home bed for 4 days after that incident
Home - who said anything about home?
I woke up in the middle of a ghetto - with no idea how I got there - what I remembered as being a hot young latin chick before the blackout - was nothing of the sort when I woke up; all my money was gone - my cellphone was dead - and trust me I had no wish to investigate whether it really was a woman - I RAN!!!
I was cowering in my home bed for 4 days after that incident
i like how you changes your story from an ugly ho bag to a good looking girl! we all know you didnt wake up in a good looking girls house..unless she was a stripper and you paid her
newfie - I think you are confusing Brendan’s story with mine.
So let me try to sort this mess out (if I can remember it):
1) It wasn’t my house - I woke up in the middle of ghetto
2) Before blackout - I remember meeting young good-looking latin girl
3) After black out - well - it wasn’t young, it wasn’t good looking & I dont think it was even a girl (damn you cross-dressers)
4) I had no money, my cellphone was dead - and only thing in my mind was to RUN!!!
5) I came to conclusion that I should have just hooked up with that fat chick I met earlier - might have been safer bet considering circumstances
lol…I love it. “Asprin BEFORE and after drinking”. Mixing pain killers and alcohol, brilliant. Anyways, a hangover is one thing. But if you’re getting blackout drunk all the time, you’re either over drinking, or you just blackout easy. How to fix it…dunno. I’ve gotten blackout drunk once, didn’t remember anything about the night before, I didn’t like the fact of that, so I just haven’t done it again.
As far as this article is concerned, I like this fight. Miller is gonna be a good test for Junie, and Junie will have a chance to fight someone with a little name recognition early on. A lot of guys comes off TUF and either fight newcomers, or guys we’ve barely seen.
if you are going to mix pain killers and alcohol, make it a vicodin or a percocet and at least get something out of it!
I am going to pronounce today…”VICODIN FRIDAY”… Im going to get a few off of my boy, Dr. Feel good and I will be back to blog all pissed off in about an hour!
By thre way, the greatest cure for a next day hang over is a little weed. I always wake up feeling like crap, then I blaze a blunt n feel like a million bucks!
Back to the action!
This is a very intriguing match up! This fight could go either way if you ask me. I strongly believe that JuneBug will get better and better from 1 fight to the next…
This fight is going to be fought all over the place. should make for an entertaining WAR.
No predictions on this one, but I would imagine Miller being the favorite!
I think if Junie’s striking keeps improving like it did i think he is going to get a KO or TKO, i think cole will stand for a little then take it down or pull guard and work for something off his back.
weed is actually the best thing for a hangover. proven medically.
amen to that, its the cure all.
Dude the only cure for blackouts is to drink less. Learn your limits man
LOL, that is exactly what I thinking. Except maybe add in some rehab that could be a cure.
Maybe you could video tape your night and then in the morning review the tape… then you won’t have chicks upset that you don’t remember.
haha no doubt man, and maybe you have a good video to go home to the next day.
Thanks smart@ss(Cogito) - I know my limits very well (the only problem is that I forget about the limits after the 6th drink or so) - so the question remains - how can you still drink without blacking out?
LOL…
Hire a midget to follow you around and water down your drinks when your not looking.
well… i guess there really is no solution but to drink less, ive never been one to pace myself at all… i just slam drinks until i feel good and motivated, and alot of times i guess it catches up with me later and thats when i forget everything, i guess ill have to start counting my drinks from now on, how lame… at least maybe ill remember going home with some chick next time
I’m sorry Jack lol but I’m just trying to give Brendan some sound advice before he winds up going home with whatever you went home with man. I’ve blackout a couple times myself and I have learned my lesson… it weighed about 100 pounds more than me and almost suffacated me in my sleep.
I’m hopeless
Brendan - I have heard a rumor that drinking a bottle of water in the middle of drinks will help
I always wanted to try - but I can never lower myself to ordering a water in a bar - other problem is that I never remember this rumor - nor do I try to stop inevitable - my only corse of action has been to do it less often - so this new years partying will scare me off at least for a good month or two
you guys are funny! Drinking less is the only way to not black out! I used to wake up in random places with my car outside (sometimes still running). The worst was the time I woke up with this fat girl riding me (that wasn’t too bad actually). The bad part is she told all her friends how good I F*cked her, problem is, basically she raped me! Be careful, thats the main thing! lol!
Exactly - who cares…..
miller will pull this one out.
I agree. He will either get Junie in a triangle or armbar.
I think he will stop him with strikes. His jits is better than Junie’s by FAR, but i think Cole’s reach will frustrate Junie, and Cole will be able to force it to the ground and TKO. 2nd round. I like Cole.
Cole’s going to kill this clown.
I don’t know exactly when, how, or why this happened, but I’m the biggest Cole Miller fan in the world. Weird.
tough one for junie. cole has great jiu jitsu and can use his reach in the stand up..
how i hope that junie gets choked out and miller forgets to let go.
Junie 2nd rnd stoppage.WAR JUNIE!!!!!!!!!!
Good I would love to watch Cole strangle this assclown.
It’s Miller time Junie! Only this time the hangover will be worse.
i bet junie gets this one in the first he aint train like he was at the house
Yeah, that’s a tough fight for Junie. I thought they’d give him an easier fight.
this is a good fight between tow of the most improved fighters ever to come out of the tuf show
Who throws a glass….twice!!!!! HE’S GOTTA HAVE PICTURES OF DANA. This kid isnt even good, he is just a goon that can take a shot. Maybe we will se something new out of Cole and he knock him out with a high kick or something, regardless GO COLE!!!
He should sneak a glass in his shorts and throw it at his opponents as his siganture move.
lol
Not a big Junie fan but wish him the best of luck. I don’t know why but I like to see fuck ups turn stuff around. Guess it gives me hope…haha.
I like Junie…his standup is very good to.
lol @ ovaries’ comment. i hate this little turd. i would love to see miller just destroy him. throw on a triangle and squeeze just tight enough to make junebug uncomfortable while hammering him with elbows from the bottom…then lock it tight untill junebug almost taps…then loosen it a little more and reapeat with the elbows. i would love to see this take place for the entire round and then have miller tap him at like the 4:50 mark of round one lol