UFC President Dana White & Brendan Schaub Agree On One Thing
Believe it or not, UFC President Dana White and Brendan Schaub agree on something.
Schaub has been at odds with White for years over how the UFC boss treats his fighters when it comes to sponsorships, fighter pay, and how he criticizes his athletes on a regular basis. The two have hurled barbs at one another on social media in the past, but there's one thing the two can agree on.
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou made a huge splash in the MMA world when he parted ways with the UFC in favor of a deal with the PFL. White blasted the PFL deal when speaking to media members and said that what Ngannou was looking for, in terms of him wanting to do a boxing match and other incentives, was simply not what the UFC does.
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During an episode of "The Schaub Show," Brendan Schaub actually agreed with Dana White's reasoning for not rolling out the red carpet for "The Predator."
"Dana is not wrong on this," Schaub said. "Sometimes it sucks. How can you not like Francis Ngannou, dude? Amazing story, amazing story, but at the end of the day if you're a business, you cannot care about people's feelings and their background and their story. It does not matter. What matters is what's putting butts in the seats, what's selling pay-per-view tickets. Francis is not that guy."
Schaub insisted that he isn't sharing this belief to slander Ngannou or the PFL.
"This isn't me hating on Francis or hating on the PFL or sucking Dana off," Schaub said. "Has nothing to do with that. This is very black and white. Dana's right, he's 100 percent right."
Ngannou recently fired back at White, questioning what the UFC boss' problem is with him. White claimed that Ngannou didn't want to take the risk of fighting Jon Jones, despite the fact that just a couple of years ago, the UFC boss claimed Jones should be fearful of "The Predator's" punching power.
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