Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub almost fought in Jorge Masvidal’s bare-knuckle MMA promotion.
‘Huge Brown’ has been out of the cage for almost a decade now. Brendan Schaub final competed at UFC 181 in December 2014, towards then-heavyweight contender Travis Browne. That night time noticed the long run podcaster handed a first-round knockout loss. Put up-fight, Schaub retired after urging from his good friend Joe Rogan.
For nearly a decade now, Brendan Schaub hasn’t been lured again to the cage. Nevertheless, the previous UFC heavyweight contender was approached to battle in Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Preventing Championships. The bare-knuckle MMA league was based in 2021, and has seen the likes of Junior dos Santos compete.
Effectively, plainly ‘Huge Brown’ might’ve grow to be the following former UFC athlete to battle for Jorge Masvidal. Talking in a current interview with MMA Preventing, Brendan Schaub opened up on talks with the bare-knuckle promotion. There, the previous fighter-turned-podcaster admitted that he had no intention of combating ever once more.
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Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub opens up on talks with Jorge Masvidal
Nevertheless, when approached, Brendan Schaub did sit down with Jorge Masvidal. Based on the podcaster, he threw out an insane quantity in negotiations, not anticipating ‘Gamebred’ to simply accept. Nevertheless, he did. The catch is that Schaub must battle somebody just like the aforementioned Junior dos Santos, which doesn’t curiosity him.
“We had Jorge Masvidal and his supervisor Dean [Toole] on and I work for them now doing commentating however that’s how that happened. They provided me a battle,” Brendan Schaub mentioned. “I’m like bare-knuckle MMA? They’re like yeah. I used to be such as you don’t manage to pay for, there’s no means. He goes, ‘Give us a quantity.’ I gave them an outlandish quantity and he was like lifeless severe, simply seemed me within the eye and goes ‘OK.’ I’m like what?” (h/t MMA Preventing)
He continued, “For a second I’m like shit, I’ll simply hit the highway now get some highway work in now, let’s get going, that’s an insane amount of cash. I simply can’t pressure myself to do it. At 41, my youngsters, I can’t take one other blow to the top. I’m good. I don’t should be Elon Musk or ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone wealthy. I’m good. I’m good the place I’m at. They’re like, ‘For that quantity you’re going to must battle [Junior dos Santos] or Derrick Lewis.’ I’m like no, laborious move. I don’t want these issues.”
What do you make of those feedback from the previous UFC fighter? Would you watch Brendan Schaub battle in Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Preventing Championship?