{"id":326850,"date":"2019-10-01T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=326850"},"modified":"2019-10-01T06:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:09:10","slug":"brendan-schaub-describes-losing-his-love-for-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/brendan-schaub-describes-losing-his-love-for-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Schaub describes losing his love for MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before making a name for himself as a podcaster and standup comedian, Brendan Schaub was making waves as an MMA fighter. After a stint on the The Ultimate Fighter he went on to fight in the organization for 5 years.<\/p>\n

Since retiring from MMA, he has maintained a presence in the sport, co-hosting The Fighter and The Kid podcast with Bryan Callen<\/a> in addition to his duties hosting Below the Belt with Brendan Schaub<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Inked Mag, <\/a>Schaub opened up on the process of losing his love for MMA.<\/p>\n

\u201cI became a little jaded to the sport when I saw the underbelly of the business and learned how much other fighters were being paid,\u201d Schaub said. \u201cI think that I just lost love for it and I\u2019m so fortunate that I had a lot of other options, which a lot of guys don\u2019t. They did give me a lot of great opportunities so it wasn\u2019t a UFC problem, as much as a Brendan problem.”<\/p>\n

Brendan officially retired from MMA in 2015. He’s been busy in the entertainment industry ever since.<\/p>\n

He credits Joe Rogan for inspiring him to pursue a career in comedy. He revealed that the UFC commentator spoke to him after he lost his last professional fight to Travis Browne and convinced him to follow his passion for comedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe\u2019s a commentator for the UFC and about seven years ago, when I\u2019d recently moved to LA, Bryan Callen, who I do my podcast with, Joe, and I started hanging out. They\u2019re the ones who gave me the motivation to go into comedy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would tell them stories at dinner and they\u2019d say \u2018Dude, you\u2019re a funny guy. You should try stand-up.’ They\u2019re kind of the ones who pushed me into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schaub took a leap of faith. He transitioned from landing strikes for money to landing jokes for money. The gamble paid off. With the help of Joe Rogan<\/a> and Bryan Callen, the renaissance man has released his first comedy special and has a loyal podcast following. While Schaub has no regrets, he is happy he has left his fighting days behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fighting, you can\u2019t have one foot in and one foot out, or else you\u2019re going to get really hurt. My heart wasn\u2019t into it and I\u2019d always wanted to do stand-up,\u201d says Schaub. \u201cIt was never hard for me to walk away from fighting because it was very obvious what I should be doing. Most guys when they\u2019re done, they don\u2019t know where to put their energy, so I\u2019m super fortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/1\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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