As if he didn’t already have his hands full with UFC heavyweight contender Travis Browne, Brendan Schaub fanned the already roaring flame of “Hapa” during a September episode of The Joe Rogan Experience (NSFW language; h/t Jesse Holland of MMA Mania).
Two months before his fight with the third-ranked Browne at UFC 181, the unranked Schaub talked about Hapa‘s decision to leave Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA to train at the Glendale Fighting Club with Ronda Rousey‘s coach, Edmond Tarverdyan.
“Obviously, I know Ronda very well, and I know that camp pretty well,” Schaub said. “I’m not going to go into detail, but I think it’s a great thing for me that he’s training there. I’ll put it like that. I think it’s a good thing for me.”
Schaub’s comments regarding Hapa‘s change in camps apparently irked the colossal Hawaiian, who offered the following advice to “Big Brown” during Friday’s UFC Fight Night 54 Q&A (NSFW language; h/t Adam Guillen Jr. of MMA Mania).
“Honestly, I don’t want to knock him out,” Browne said. “I want him to feel what it’s like to go three rounds with me. And I’ll tell you right now, this guy, a lot of people don’t rub me the wrong way, but opinions are like a——s, you need to keep them to yourself. That’s exactly what he needs to do.”
Browne’s impressive three-fight winning streak ended in his last bout when he suffered a lopsided loss to Fabricio Werdum (unanimous decision) in a title eliminator fight at UFC on Fox 11 in April.
Prior to his setback to Werdum, Browne (16-2) scored three straight KO wins and three straight “Knockout of the Night” bonuses in less than a nine-month span in 2013.
Schaub (10-4), on the other hand, has dropped three of his last five fights, including a controversial split-decision loss to Andrei Arlovski at UFC 174 in June.
Big Brown holds a 6-4 UFC record with just two of this victories coming via decision.
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