Justin Gaethje Changed the Lightweight Division Forever | Big Brown Breakdown Ep. 512 LIVE
The Big Brown Breakdown
Thiccc Boy Studios | PodcastOne
4.0 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Brendan Schaub breaks down the biggest stories in MMA including Justin Gaethje’s rise to UFC lightweight champion, Trevor Wittman’s appearance on Joe Rogan, Conor McGregor’s future, and why the lightweight division suddenly feels wide open.
Schaub explains how Gaethje exposed Ilia Topuria, why fighters no longer fear undefeated champions once the aura disappears, and why Jon Jones remains the rare exception.
Also discussed:
- Trevor Wittman’s UFC glove controversy
- DDP vs Kamaru Usman breakdown
- Arman Tsarukyan vs Charles Oliveira
- UFC AI rankings
- Pat Barry & Rose Namajunas discussion
- Gable Steveson hype
- UFC future stars
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| 0:00.0 | right through the city like brinnishaw i'm on a mission to get it all right through the city like |
| 0:05.8 | brinishaw if you ain't thick please don't get involved and now brandon thick boy shaw |
| 0:15.4 | we're up we're up what's's up, fam? |
| 0:22.3 | It is June 22nd, Monday. |
| 0:26.3 | Monday, Monday. |
| 0:27.6 | Now, typically, we're going to do the Big Brown breakdown live on Mondays and Thursdays. |
| 0:34.4 | And we do the live chat on Tuesdays and Fridays. |
| 0:37.1 | And usually Tuesday, Fridays, live chat on Tuesdays and Fridays and usually Tuesdays |
| 0:38.9 | Friday's live chat's always at 11 a.m. Central time Monday's Big Brown will |
| 0:43.6 | typically be at 9 a.m. Central time so we do it super early for you guys but Brian |
| 0:49.7 | Callan is missing a second week in a row finding kids so that frees me up to come in a little later |
| 0:55.5 | That comes in a little later |
| 0:58.4 | So that's what we're doing happy father's day belated fathers day for all you dads out there |
| 1:02.9 | Hopefully you had a good father's day sign I'm getting older for father's day. I got |
| 1:09.9 | My wife got my grill cleaned she cleaned my grill uh had some |
| 1:15.5 | professional clean the grill and then um I got wider towed shoes so I know you're |
| 1:22.1 | getting older man that's how you know we're getting older I don't know how i feel about them hopefully you guys can |
| 1:29.0 | see them they got a big heel on them um i just wanted wider-toed shoes she said these got the |
| 1:34.8 | highest ratings they're stoke stoke stoke shoes they have like the bruce bolt on the side |
| 1:42.2 | so i thought they're bruce bolts which I love because the Austin Company. |
| 1:46.5 | They're wide because I'm constantly on my feet. |
| 1:49.1 | I guess I was on my feet from I get to the football field with Tiger at 730. |
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