This Fighter Just SAVED the Heavyweight Division | TSS Ep. 492
The Big Brown Breakdown
Thiccc Boy Studios | PodcastOne
4.0 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
Brendan Schaub breaks down UFC 327, one of the wildest cards in recent memory, and explains why the heavyweight division may have finally found its next breakout star.
After a chaotic night featuring controversial fights, disappointing performances, and standout moments, Schaub dives deep into the rise of a new name shaking up the division following his war with Curtis Blaydes. Is this the star the UFC desperately needed?
The episode also covers issues with the light heavyweight division, missed opportunities from fighters like Dominick Reyes and Johnny Walker, and what this all means for the future of the UFC. Plus, Schaub reacts to Dana White’s role in building stars and why the promotion has struggled to create new ones in recent years.
He also discusses potential matchups, including how this new heavyweight stacks up against elite fighters and what comes next on a massive upcoming card.
Topics include:
UFC 327 results, heavyweight division, fighter pay, UFC stars, Dana White, MMA news, and breakout fighters.
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| 0:00.0 | Ride through the city like Brennan Shaw. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm on a mission to get it all. |
| 0:05.0 | Right through the city like Brennan Shaugh, if you ain't thick, please don't get involved. |
| 0:09.0 | And now, Brendan Sixth Boy Shob. |
| 0:16.0 | Yes, sir. |
| 0:20.0 | Couldn't wait to get in here and talk to you guys. Talk to you guys. I mean, stare at this camera. What's popping, fam? How's everybody doing? How's your weekend? You got to have energy watching those fights at UFC 327. My God, this is why we love the sport your boy was in the DR the Dominican Republic |
| 0:39.8 | doing some commentating with the great jimmy smith for game bread FC that is bare-knuckle |
| 0:46.0 | mMA I was in DR never been in the DR uh good time good time I wore a three-piece suit |
| 0:53.8 | and on my way to the venue, it was brought to my |
| 0:57.6 | attention, which it was not before, that the event was outdoors in Dominican Republic. So your boy |
| 1:03.6 | was a sweaty mess. You know what? I wasn't as bad as you would think. My feet were hot. When I took |
| 1:10.0 | off my shoes in the hotel my |
| 1:11.5 | girl was like oh my your your feet smell like a fucking dinosaur like it was not good but other than that |
| 1:18.8 | your boy was just a little sweaty great night of fights anthony smith looked absolutely amazing |
| 1:23.8 | there's a Russian guy on there and he was two and one and the pre-production meeting with |
| 1:31.4 | Jimmy Smith and everybody I go two and one in the in this on the main card and they go you |
| 1:38.6 | don't know about this guy I'm like I don't know about this guy they go well he's two and |
| 1:42.5 | one he just got a prison in russia and he had over a hundred |
| 1:46.7 | fights in the russian prison oh so he has a ton of experience they go in fighting in prisons |
| 1:53.8 | and i went okay he's probably going to be pretty fucking tough and like yeah before that sombo |
| 1:58.3 | you know grandmaster and all that shit, because he's Russian, of course. |
| 2:02.2 | So I go, what did he go to prison for for 20 years in Russia? |
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