Brendan Schaub slams ‘bully’ Dana White and calls the UFC president a ‘low budget Vince McMahon’

Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub has fired back at Dana White, following comments made by the UFC president at a press conference.

The spat emerged after Schaub speculated that the UFC had orchreasted the weigh-in chaos prior to UFC 279 in order to rebook Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz into separate bouts.

Initially under the impression that Pat Miletich had made the comments, White said the former UFC champion would be the ‘dumbest motherf***** on the planet’ if he truly believed in the theory.

The former UFC heavyweight responded to jabs made by White in a recent press conference

After being advised by a reporter in attendance that in was Schaub who had actually spouted the conspiracy theory, White said ‘That makes sense.’

While both men had separately espoused their belief in the UFC’s involvement in last week’s fiasco, Schaub was quick to take to social media to hit back at his former boss.

The fighter turned comedian/podcaster wrote on his Instagram:

‘Unfortunately, not surprised you’re a bully,

‘Always have been. You put on a pair of designer jeans and some “hip sneakers” and think you’re cool. You’re still a dork with a frat bro vocabulary.’

Schaub speculated that the promotion were involved with the UFC 279 fiasco that saw six fighters have their bouts rearranged

The former fighter, who called time on his career after being defeated by Travis Browne in 2014 also slammed the UFC boss for a lack of transparency in the reporting of events.

‘Sorry, we just don’t buy what you’re telling us after lying numerous times but the sheep media you pick to attend events don’t have the balls to call you out. 

‘Just in the recent press conference you were caught lying about extra compensation to the fighters.’ Schaub added.

Schaub concluded his Instagram post by alleging that the UFC had stolen ideas from his Thicc Boy YouTube channel and had repurposed them for UFC Fight Pass.

Schaub had an 11-fight tenure with the UFC, going 6-5 in the promotion before retiring in 2014

This isn’t the first time that the pair have engaged in a war of words since Schaub left the UFC, however.

In 2018, White called Schaub a ‘F***ing tool’ after Schaub had commented on Israel Adesanya’s transition from professional kickboxing into MMA.

Schaub provided a lengthy response on Twitter, insinuating that White’s position in the promotion was solely the result of his relationship with the UFC’s then-owners.

‘You’d be a cardio kick boxing coach in Boston in your late 40’s, hoping to grab a ticket to my stand up front row if Lorenzo Fertitta didn’t save your a**.’