{"id":321179,"date":"2019-08-02T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321179"},"modified":"2019-08-02T05:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:00:15","slug":"brendan-schaub-trashes-ufc-newark-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/brendan-schaub-trashes-ufc-newark-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Schaub trashes UFC Newark lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brendan Schaub has never been afraid to call it like he sees it when it comes to the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>His latest critique of the promotion concerns Saturday&#8217;s UFC Newark card. Outside of the main event, which will pit former interim champion Colby Covington against former undisputed champ Robbie Lawler, Schaub considers the card incredibly weak.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RECAP UFC 240 Holloway vs Edgar | Covington vs Lawler | Ep. 143 Podcast | BELOW THE BELT\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z69IUPQ_7Yk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis weekend\u2019s fights, I couldn\u2019t tell you who\u2019s on them,&#8221; Schaub said on his <em>Below The Belt<\/em> podcast (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/brendan-schaub-bashes-ufc-newark-these-fights-are-so-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). &#8220;I don\u2019t know. I know the main event, other than that I don\u2019t know who the f*ck is on it. I know four people on the main card of this UFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis weekend I\u2019m in Nashville,&#8221; he added later. &#8220;I think my Saturday show\u2019s sold out. That\u2019s how sh*tty this card is. So it\u2019s like who\u2019s watching it? I don\u2019t know man. But these fights are so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Schaub is clearly not impressed with the UFC Newark lineup, he did concede that the upcoming UFC 241 pay-per-view is quite stacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude these cards are \u2026 this is what you get man,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But then that Aug. 17 [card] in Anaheim, \u2018DC\u2019 [vs. Miocic 2], stacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the UFC Newark lineup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Card | 3:00 pm ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robbie Lawler vs. Colby Covington<\/li>\n<li>Jim Miller vs. Clay Guida<\/li>\n<li>Joaquim Silva vs. Nasrat Haqparast<\/li>\n<li>Trevin Giles vs. Gerald Meerschaert<\/li>\n<li>Scott Holtzman vs. Dong Hyun Ma<\/li>\n<li>Darko Stosic vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Prelims | 12:00pm ET<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mickey Gall vs. Salim Touahri<\/li>\n<li>Antonina Shevchenko vs. Lucie Pudilova<\/li>\n<li>Jordan Espinosa vs. Matt Schnell<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Murphy vs. Mara Romero Borella<\/li>\n<li>Claudio Silva vs. Cole Williams<\/li>\n<li>Miranda Granger vs. Hannah Goldy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are you with Brendan Schaub on this one, or will you be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/how-to-watch-ufc\/\">tuning in<\/a> for UFC Newark? Join the conversation in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/2\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brendan Schaub has never been afraid to call it like he sees it when it comes to the UFC. His latest critique of the promotion concerns Saturday&#8217;s UFC Newark card. Outside of the main event, which will pit former interim champion Colby Covington against former undisputed champ Robbie Lawler, Schaub considers the card incredibly weak. 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