Away from the UFC, an ex-heavyweight and a former UFC lightweight challenger enters a room. What happens next, one reckons? Well โ grab a bucket of popcorn and find out as things just got heated. Ex-UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub just went scorched earth on pioneer gangster Nate Diaz! No one expected the polarising fighter turned comedian/podcaster to get this angry.
Last week, the fighter-turned-podcaster Brendan Schaub opened up about the debilitating CTE conditions of his friend Shane Carwin. The retired Carwin made quite the plea for better compensation given the rigor of his health; fighters revealing tidbits supporting the antitrust settlement are still on the ball. Schaub was in tears explaining the situation. Hours later, Nate Diaz took a personal shot and angered Schaub.
Brendan Schaub has for long been critical of his โpioneer gangsterโ gimmick. He also billed that Jorge Masvidal utterly dominated him until a doctor stoppage saved his pseudo act at UFC 244. Diaz edged out โGamebredโย via a majority decisionย (95-95, 97-93, 98-92) in theirย Fanmio Pay-per-view headliner.
However, Schaub alludes to the fact that the 39-year-old had to file lawsuits against CEOย Solomon Engel for duping him of his $10m fighter compensation. Diaz is without money or a current fight booking. Hence, Schaub has a reply for the gutsy โcloutโ chasing tweet.
Brendan the big ol pussy schaub ๐ข
โ Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) October 18, 2024
Brendan Shaub responds Nate Diaz calling him a pussy: โIโll fuck you upโฆIโll snap your neck, only one of us is walking out of a roomโฆyou going to volume punch me? Youโre a terrible athleteโ pic.twitter.com/SGiJoi0zcN
โ MMA Mania (@mmamania) October 21, 2024
Schaub ended up retiring in 2014 after losing to Travis Browne via first-round TKO at UFC 181. It was a moment that led to friend and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan having a moment urging retirement. But if the current trajectory is any indication, thereโs still fight left in him. However, Diaz isnโt one to back down, either.
Nate Diaz takes up Brendan Schaubโs challenge, quotes iconic line of the retired heavyweight
The Stockton Slugger might have gone free agent and is hardly championship material anymore. But Nate Diaz was a slugger, delivering electric moments and brawls. He has a reputation of being the UFCโs biggest gangster, and he holds on to it even today. But whatโs a gangster to a sympathetic friend or brother? That would be Brendan Schaub.
The fighterโs still inside Schaub, he says. If Diaz wants a fight, Schaub will oblige, even though heโs not looking for one. He also did cue in that, unlike his โfake gangsterโ attitude, if it were his brother Nick Diaz suffering CTE, he would have supported him.
However, gangsters donโt give a hoot. Naturally, the younger Diaz brother was made aware of Schaubโs โwhat you gonna doโ comments โ and took to social media to respond. He ended up using one of Schaubโs infamous phrases from JRE in the process.
I think youโd be surprised ๐
โ Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) October 22, 2024
As far as Schaub is concerned, he has a lot of respect for what Diaz has done as a fighter. But that doesnโt matter in this situation. Hence, both parties are prone to firing on all cylinders at once. Consequently, itโs not like the unhinged Diaz would take that laying on his back, hat in hand.
In 2017, Diaz had a confrontation with Schaub over his thoughts on Conor McGregorโs performance and called him names. This was during his โMoneyโ fight vs. Floyd Mayweather. For the most part, the two have stayed out of each otherโs lives, but this random feud seems out of bounds now.