Kevin Holland is set to face Randy Brown at UFC 327 in Miami as he looks to avoid the first three-fight losing streak of his career.
Holland enters the matchup coming off back-to-back losses to Mike Malott and Daniel Rodriguez. While he has previously endured consecutive defeats on five different occasions in the UFC, he has never dropped three in a row.
“I’ve been here before with it not being good at all and the pressure was turned up. This time, it’s a little bit different. I’m here in a weird situation,” Holland said while reflecting on his current skid. He added, “I don’t make excuses but we could argue that I was on a four fight win streak or I’m on a two fight [losing] streak. The last two losses were tossups and at the end of the day, it’s like I don’t think this one will be a tossup. I’ve just got to go in there a little bit more f*cking pissed off. I got that in the back pocket.”
Holland was initially expecting to fight Geoff Neal when the UFC returned to Houston in February, but that matchup fell apart after what he described as “a weird ordeal.” Randy Brown was already in the mix as a potential opponent for that card before the bout was ultimately booked for Miami instead.
“Randy Brown was on the table for Houston and I told them that Randy Brown was a tougher fight than Geoff Neal, even though he’s not in the rankings,” Holland said, noting he wanted a longer camp for Brown. “He’s been begging for this fight for a long time so he finally gets what he’s been asking for.”
