Brendan Schaub
Former UFC heavyweight, comedian and host of Big Brown Breakdown and the Tubi series Gearheads Gone Wild
Brendan Schaub (Former UFC heavyweight, comedian and host of Big Brown Breakdown and the Tubi series Gearheads Gone Wild) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC fighter pay, Youth sports parenting.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Schaub argues the Paramount deal's card volume has lowered the talent level of UFC signings.
“You're signing these contender series kids who have three fights, four fights, where 10 years ago, those boys ain't sniffing the UFC”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:19:12
Schaub advocates getting conditioning from sport-specific training rather than strength-and-conditioning drills close to a fight.
“a big proponent of do your sport. Get your cardio from your sport. I see it across the board”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 35:39
UFC fighter pay
Schaub says fighters should have collectively refused to fight after the Paramount deal until they got a larger revenue share.
“I would have talked to all the managers, all the fighters, and said, we're not fighting another fight”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:15:46
Schaub questions whether higher pay is feasible, noting the UFC is the only combat sports promotion to be profitable.
“the UFC is the only combat sports promotion to ever make money. Ever”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:42
Youth sports parenting
Schaub recounts telling pushy fathers their sons want to quit because the parents made sports feel like work.
“Now he wants to quit because you've made it a job for him”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 2:29:49
Other remarks
Schaub describes having an addictive personality that he is learning to check as he ages.
“I have addictive personality. Like if I do something, I got to be all in”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 2:26:39
Project MKUltra
Schaub speculates that MKUltra-style programs never stopped and have only improved.
“if they did MKUltra all those years ago, when you go through the list of Charles Manson, the Unabomber, you think it stopped?”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 2:22:08
Porsche
Schaub argues Porsche's rising base prices are pricing out its traditional buyers.
“just the base Porsche is so expensive, man. It's pricing out their market”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:58:31
Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje
Schaub acknowledges Gaethje faces a very tough fight but says he is rooting for him.
“fight for Justin, but I'm rooting for Justin. I love both of them”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 55:21
Sean Strickland vs. Khamzat Chimaev
Schaub says Strickland is certainly a Hall of Famer and will become a bigger star after the win.
“100% he's a Hall of Famer. My thing with Strickland, too, it's like he's going to be a bigger star now more than ever”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 15:10
Sports betting
Schaub argues that widespread betting has made fans far more hostile toward fighters than when he competed.
“So I think that's why fighters are getting so much more hate these days than they did even when I was fighting”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2498 - Brendan Schaub (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 9:38
Appearances
#2498 - Brendan SchaubThe Joe Rogan Experience · May 13, 2026 · 2 h 48 min
Joe Rogan and Brendan Schaub break down Strickland vs. Chimaev, UFC betting and fighter pay, streaming, social media, cars, and Schaub's Tubi show.
Often appears with
- Joe Rogan · 1 shared episode