What the UFC Isn’t Saying About Volkanovski | Episode 472
The Big Brown Breakdown
Thiccc Boy Studios | PodcastOne
4.0 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Brendan Schaub breaks down Alexander Volkanovski’s latest fight, what went wrong, and what the UFC really does to champions once the momentum slips. From Volk’s future at the top of the division to why some elite fighters never get the rematch they deserve, this episode goes deeper than the headlines.
The crew also dives into UFC matchmaking politics, contender logjams, and how timing matters more than talent at the highest level of MMA. Plus, a look at the business side of combat sports — including boxing power players, promoter leverage, and why certain fights never seem to happen.
If you’re an MMA fan who wants honest takes, behind-the-scenes insight, and conversations that go past surface-level reactions, this episode delivers. Is Volkanovski still championship material, or has the division passed him?
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| 0:00.0 | ride through the city like brinnishaw i'm on a mission to get it all right through the city like brinnon shaw |
| 0:06.6 | and now brandon thick boy shop yes sir monday morning february 2nd february. Baseball season's here. Kiddos's practice starts today. Spring season, baby. |
| 0:26.1 | Fresh off the plane from New York, New York City, Manhattan. Boy, the traffic's bad. That's an understatement. Traffic is bad. |
| 0:38.2 | What was I doing out there? |
| 0:39.7 | Well, glad you asked Chin. |
| 0:41.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:44.1 | This was a wild one. |
| 0:46.0 | So on Thursday, I got contacted by Turkey Al-Asheek's team because they have the ring boxing award ceremony Friday in New York. |
| 1:00.3 | And then on Saturday, it was Shakur Stevenson versus Teofomo Lopez. |
| 1:05.7 | So his team called and said, hey, they had somebody, I guess, lined up to do like a roast, |
| 1:12.8 | kind of like a roast opinion-based thing. |
| 1:16.7 | And Max Kellerman's the host. |
| 1:19.0 | And I guess he fell out. |
| 1:20.8 | Something happened there. |
| 1:21.8 | And they go, we're all big fans of yours. |
| 1:25.5 | We'd love for you come in. |
| 1:27.4 | Do you think you put some together |
| 1:28.8 | and i'm like uh maybe and so they send me a list everybody who's there they highlight some people |
| 1:34.6 | they think would be good to go after and so i'm like all right pressure's on um and so they fly |
| 1:42.9 | my manager lex out me, wifey. |
| 1:47.4 | And I'm stressing. |
| 1:49.4 | I'm stressing because the list of names they gave me, uh, are people, you know, I idolize. |
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