“TUF 11″ Finalist Brendan Schaub (6-1) has issues with the UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s camp, which includes other UFC heavyweights such as Chris Tuchscherer and Jon Madsen. All of the fighters belong to the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy based in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
His increasing dislike for the camp stems partly from his training partner Shane Carwin’s bout with Lesnar, noting in a recent interview on MMA Nation that “I can’t stand their camp and what they stand for.”
When asked why he is taking his dislike for the camp so personal, Schaub replied:
…What do they do, man? It’s all meatheads, right? So, you got all stud wrestlers. You know what they are is a modern-day Hammer House. You know what I’m saying? Like, they get together, it’s all these big dinosaurs pushing and wrestling each other around, and heaven forbid they should bring in a striker or bring in a guy to teach them to evolve their game. You know, they’re really not evolving. You can say Brock’s evolved with his jiu-jitsu because he submitted Carwin with a head-and-arm choke. It’s not like he armbarred the guy or did an ankle lock or something. They’re just not evolving, man, and I think the sport of mixed martial arts is more like guys like Georges St-Pierre, guys like Nate Marquardt or myself, who are well-rounded, they can do everything. When I’m in camp, I’m constantly training, trying to improve my game and get better at all aspects. Can’t say the same for those guys. You know, they go in there and they wrestle. And, you know, he’s doing well with it, but I think the sport needs to continue to grow, and I don’t think they help the sport grow.
HT: Quote source BloodyElbow.com