UFC President Dana White Brendan Schaub feud

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The most powerful figure of mixed martial arts, UFC President Dana White, was criticized this week by veteran Brendan Schaub, who thinks White rules over the world. business by fear.

White is the president of the largest cage-fighting firm on the planet. He supervised the UFC from 2001, when this sport was considered "human cock fighting", a $ 4 billion company that featured some of the world's most famous athletes like Conor McGregor , Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey.

Schaub is a veteran heavyweight with a UFC record winning six wins against five losses. He is now a comedian and hosts a podcast called "Below the Belt". On Wednesday, Schaub used his program to talk about White's treatment of other fighters. He criticized the UFC boss for not supporting the fighters who "must literally hit other men for a living".

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The quarrel began last week after the MMA fighter and former kickboxer Israel Adesanya posted an Instagram video on Schaub about Schaub's comments on his podcast " Below the Belt ". Shaub said that he was referring to a different fighter, but White nevertheless came to Adesanya's defense, calling Schaub a "MORON" and downplaying his ability in the sport.

After the Instagram exchange, Schaub made a longer video statement on "Below the Belt" to address White's bullying behavior and the way he talks to fighters.

"I've been in those guy shoes," Schaub said. "You work your ass to fight another man in a cage and you seek the approval of the guy who controls your destiny. What matches you get, the advertising, the sponsors, who controls the success that you are if you go through this man in the hallway and that he said, "Good job, tonight," it's going so far.

The retired fighter continued, "Why be mean about this? Why be a tyrant in this day and age? "

Schaub added that if White was at the head of any other society, he would lose his job on how he behaves.

" You are the CEO of a billion dollar company and you are trying to talk to someone who retired four years ago on social networks Imagine someone else, a leader of Company, they would lose their job. "

He went on to suggest that many fighters, members of the media and other staff members questioned the way White manages the company.

Schaub said: "Name a fighter close to Dana who has never had a problem, there is a reason why I launched this tweet, this comment on Instagram, there is a reason why tons of fighters were waiting for me. tons of UFC employees reach out, [UFC’s sponsor] Reebok reached out, members of the media, why do you think that? Is it? "

" You're motivated by fear, it's not a way to run a business, it's in 2018 – you simply can not do that, "he said. -he adds.

Business Insider contacted UFC for a response to Schaub's comments but has not yet received a response.

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This is not the first time that a person close to the UFC has a problem with White.

In 2016, Ariel Helwani, eight times MMA reporter of the year, was escorted at a UFC 199 event, was dismissed and was struck by a UFC's lifelong ban because he had reported on the possible return of Brock Lesnar to UFC 200, just hours before an official UFC announcement.

Later, Helwani made a tearful statement about the ordeal of his popular show The MMA Hour, but maintained his decision to report the news. Distinguished fighters, including former middleweight champion Chris Weidman and current heavyweight and heavyweight champion Dan Cormier expressed their sympathy to Helwani on Twitter . The UFC canceled the ban a few days later, but the treatment of a prominent member of the media left the company black.

To come back further, White has sadly competed with Tito Ortiz, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, claiming that he was once able to "beat the living hopes" d & # 39; Ortiz ".