It’s a snappy quote to say you can beat UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre in the way he’s beaten most of his opponents in the past six years: wrestling.

Welterweight Matt Brown knows this. The thing is, he still believes it, and he’s never been one that’s afraid to say what’s on his mind. It’s just that until now, he hasn’t had the big stage to say it from.

“I know where my wrestling stands,” Brown told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “It’s simply a matter of executing those abilities in the ring with ‘GSP.’ I can outwrestle him. I’m calling it right now.

“It sounds f—ing ridiculous, and everybody is going to laugh at me, and I know the forums, everybody’s going to talk about how I’m delusional and this and that. … I know where I’m at.”

Brown (18-11 MMA, 11-5 UFC) is ready to hear the critics, though they might be in short supply at the moment. At this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 26, he knocked out Mike Pyle (25-9-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC) in 29 seconds to notch his sixth straight UFC win.

Afterward, Brown departed from earlier victory speeches by calling out St-Pierre, who’s next scheduled to fight Hendricks at UFC 167 in November.

At the post-fight press conference for UFC Fight Night 26, which took place at Boston’s TD Garden, “The Immortal” said he was in the fight business for one reason alone – “to beat GSP’s ass.”

Although he might be one or perhaps two fights away from a title shot, Brown is certain that he won’t be like other fighters who favor striking and spend 25 minutes on their back with the welterweight champ.

“I don’t think ever fought anybody that can put the kind of pressure that I put on him, and I think I can stop his takedowns,” Brown said. “His best chance is to get a takedown. People haven’t seen my wrestling. I’m training with the best wrestlers in the world right now, and I’m getting pretty damn good at it.”

By now, fans are used to hearing welterweights declare themselves different from the pack. Brown said if the fans don’t believe him (and let’s face it, they probably won’t), they should ask his training partners at the Ohio State wrestling team and the Ohio Regional Training Center, which hosts Olympic hopefuls and World Team members.

“I haven’t really been able to show it much lately, just because of the matchups,” he said. “But I’m going to shock some people, man. My wrestling is coming up to a very high level.”

Before he again hits the mats, though, he’ll take time off to recover from nagging injuries he’s sustained in his past two fights. Prior to a bout with Jordan Mein at UFC on FOX 7, which he won via second-round TKO, he injured himself in training camp and discovered during preparation for Pyle that he had a cracked sternum that was almost healed.

Brown has plans to get checked out by a doctor to make sure he’s fully healed. Then, he’ll take time off with his family so he can “make sure I’m good and healthy so I can do another camp and get hurt again.”

In the cage, he’s been the one doing most of the hurting. Once on the brink of a pink slip and contemplating retirement after going 1-4 between 2010 and 2011, he’s stopped five of his past six opponents via TKO or KO. He first became known to fans on “The Ultimate Fighter 7,” where he was the show’s resident tough guy despite losing the reality-show competition.

Now, he’s trying to leverage his current success into the ultimate opportunity – a shot at St-Pierre.

“This was the dream when I set out to start this,” Brown said. “I’ve actually surpassed my own expectations. I’ve lost some fights, and a little bit of that was a mental block, thinking I couldn’t be where I’m at now. It feels pretty good to prove myself wrong.”

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