Brendan Peter Schaub was born on March 18,1983 and is an American podcast host, former professional mixed martial artist, and stand-up comedian.
32 Facts About Brendan Schaub
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Brendan Schaub is the host of The Fighter and the Kid podcast, the Below the Belt with Brendan Schaub podcast, and co-host of the Golden Hour podcast, along with fellow comedians Chris D'Elia and Erik Griffin.
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Brendan Schaub officially retired from mixed martial arts in 2015.
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Since 2015, Schaub has been performing stand-up comedy, initially as a duo act with comedian Bryan Callen, but more recently as a solo comedian.
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Brendan Schaub released his debut comedy special titled You'd Be Surprised in 2019 followed by his second special, The Gringo Papi in 2022.
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Brendan Schaub was born and raised in Aurora, Colorado, to an English mother Debra and an American father Peter Brendan Schaub.
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Brendan Schaub's father is a second-degree black belt in taekwondo.
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Brendan Schaub received no college athletic scholarship offers but he tried out for both the football team and lacrosse team at Whittier College and was accepted to both.
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Brendan Schaub was once more signed to the Blaze in February 2007 but waived two days later.
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Brendan Schaub later began training at High Altitude Martial Arts located in Aurora and the Grudge Training Center in Arvada, where he met UFC heavyweight contender Shane Carwin.
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In 2009, Brendan Schaub signed with Ultimate Fighting Championship to compete on the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter.
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Brendan Schaub made his official UFC debut when he faced Roy Nelson at The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale.
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Brendan Schaub won the bout via TKO in the first round.
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However, Brendan Schaub instead faced Mirko Cro Cop at the event.
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Brendan Schaub won the contest via third-round KO and was awarded the Knockout of the Night bonus.
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Brendan Schaub lost his second straight fight, via KO to Ben Rothwell on April 21,2012, at UFC 145.
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Brendan Schaub was expected to face Lavar Johnson on December 8,2012, at UFC on Fox 5.
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However, Johnson was forced out of the bout with a groin injury and Brendan Schaub was pulled from the card as well.
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Brendan Schaub fought Johnson on February 23,2013, at UFC 157.
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Brendan Schaub was expected to face Matt Mitrione on July 27,2013, at UFC on Fox 8.
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Brendan Schaub defeated Mitrione in the first round via D'Arce choke.
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Brendan Schaub fought returning former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at UFC 174 on June 14,2014, with Arlovski winning via split decision.
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On December 6,2014, at UFC 181, Brendan Schaub lost via TKO in the first round to Travis Browne.
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On October 10,2015, Brendan Schaub was a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and announced his retirement from MMA.
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In December 2016, Brendan Schaub launched a solo podcast, titled Big Brown Breakdown.
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In January 2019 Brendan Schaub filmed his first ever Showtime comedy special, You'd Be Surprised, which debuted on May 18,2019.
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Brendan Schaub released his second comedy special available through streaming on YouTube titled The Gringo Papi on April 28,2022.
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Brendan Schaub made his feature film debut in the 2016 movie Range 15.
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Also in 2018, Brendan Schaub began serving as a panelist for the television show Bravo's Play-By-Play on Bravo network.
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Brendan Schaub made his second feature film appearance in the 2020 David Ayer movie The Tax Collector.
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Brendan Schaub is engaged to long-time girlfriend Joanna Zanella and they have two sons, born in 2016 and 2019.
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In May 2021, Brendan Schaub was promoted to black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu after 14 years of training.