{"id":325110,"date":"2019-09-11T13:43:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T20:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325110"},"modified":"2019-09-11T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T20:50:16","slug":"brendan-schaub-responds-to-backlash-after-bashing-strawweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/brendan-schaub-responds-to-backlash-after-bashing-strawweight-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Schaub responds to backlash after bashing strawweight division"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brendan Schaub didn’t watch the recent UFC Shenzhen card, which was topped by a strawweight title fight between challenger Weili Zhang and champ Jessica Andrade. In fact, in the wake of this UFC Shenzhen main event, which Zhang won by first-round TKO, Schaub went so far as to claim he doesn’t care<\/a> about the strawweight division.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are Tweeting me saying \u2018Oh what\u2019s up now Schaub, didn\u2019t call Zhang over Jessica Andrade,’\u201d he said on his \u00a0Below the Belt<\/span><\/a> podcast recently. \u201cI sure didn\u2019t! Or in the [replies to the] post about my son [people were saying] \u2018Oh where the f**k were you on Zhang vs. Andrade?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cDude, let me be super clear,” Schaub added bluntly. “Not only did I not watch it, I don\u2019t give a f**k about women\u2019s strawweight. I didn\u2019t even watch it, and when someone told me [what happened] I said \u2018That\u2019s cool man.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience Fight Companion<\/a> for last weekend’s UFC 242 pay-per-view, UFC commentator Joe Rogan asked Schaub about his comments on the strawweight division, and inquired as to whether the former UFC heavyweight experienced any backlash.<\/p>\n