Brendan Schaub- Bio, Age, Salary, Net worth, Height, Wife, Social media

Brendan Schaub is a popular American podcast host, a former professional mixed martial artist as well as a stand-up comedian. He is well-known as the host of The Fighter and the Kid podcast, the Below the Belt with Brendan Schaub podcast, and co-host of the King and the Sting podcast.

Early Life, Family, and Education

He was born on 18th March 1983 in Aurora, Colorado, the USA to his father, Peter Schaub, and his mother, Debra Schaub.

Brendan Schaub holds American nationality and belongs to a Caucasian white ethnic background and his horoscope is Aries.

He grew up his whole childhood in Aurora, Colorado, the USA. Although his father is a second-degree black belt in taekwondo. The name and professions of Brendan’s siblings are still known.

At an early age, Schaub got accepted to the football and lacrosse team at Whittier College.

Regarding his academic qualifications, he attended his high school at Overland High School. During his High School, he played two years of varsity lacrosse and one year of varsity American football.

Later on, he completed his graduation from the University of Colorado where he played football full-time in the first season.

Career and Profession

Moving towards her career, Brendan Schaub began his professional career as a football player.

Initially, he played football full-time in the first season for the University of Colorado. He was undrafted in the 2006 NFL Draft, and Brendan still signed with the Buffalo Bills to their practice squad.

Later on, Brendan got released and instead signed with the Arena Football League’s Utah Blaze. Unfortunately, he retired from the game back in 2007.

Early Career

After his retirement, Brendan Schaub started training in boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Likewise, after his training, the young Schaub competed in amateur boxing and won his first Colorado novice-division Golden Gloves heavyweight title.

After that, he trained at High Altitude Martial Arts, where he also met UFC Heavyweight contender Shane Carwin.

Professional Career

Finally, he made his MMA debut ad even won the heavyweight title with a 4-0 record in 2008. Later on, he signed with Ultimate Fighting Championships(UFC) to compete in the Ultimate Fighter’s tenth season in 2009.

Brendan made his way to the UFC Heavyweight division with time and fought one contender after another. He fought with Chase Gormley, Chris Tuchscherer, Gabriel Gonzaga, Mirko Cro Cop, Antonio Rodriguez Nogueira, Ben Rothwell, and more during his three years in UFC.

Injury

Brendan was expected to face Lavar Johnson but was forced out of the bout due to a groin injury on 8th December 2012. After that bout was postponed to 23rd February 2013, which he won.

After recovering from a groin injury, he faced Matt Mitrione and then Andrei Arlovski.

Similarly, Brendan lost via TKO to Travis Browne at the UFC 181 on 6th December 2014. Later on, he was seen in a podcast with Joe Rogan, his friend, and UFC commentator, who suggested Schaub retire and be a comedian.

Finally, Brendan announced his retirement while he was on The Joe Rogan Experience.

More About His Career

After his official MMA retirement, he began his career as an entertainer. He started their podcast titled ‘The Fighter and The Kid’ along with his friend Bryan Callen.

Although he released his solo podcast titled Big Brown Breakdown as a podcaster in December of 2016. Likewise, his podcast mainly focused on topics like combat sports.

Schaub collaborated with Showtime to rebrand his podcast to “BELOW THE BELT with Brendan Schaub” in 2018. Theo Von and Brendan Schaub announced creating a new podcast titled “King and the Sting.”

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Stand-up and On-screen Appearances Career

Besides his podcast career, Brendan also began pursuing a stand-up comedy career.

He performed till mid-2016 along with his partner, Bryan. Later on, he debuted as a solo comedian at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles.

In 2016 he released a sketch comedy series on iTunes called The Fighter and the Kid 3D. He made his first debut movie in Range 15.

Brendan started working for E! Entertainment News in 2018. Meanwhile, he co-hosted after-shows of the Golden Globes, Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, People’s Choice Awards, and Grammy Awards.

Schaub served as a panelist for the television show Bravo’s Play-By-Play on the Bravo network in 2018. Brendan filmed his first-ever Showtime comedy special titled “You’d Be Surprised,” which debuted on 18th May 2019.

Furthermore, he made his second movie appearance in David Ayer‘s The Tax Collector in 2020.

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Rumors and Controversy

Discussing his rumors and controversies, he was involved in the rumors that Brendan Schaub threatened to sue fellow comedians over an anonymous anecdote.

Meanwhile, his podcast brewed controversies when he suggested that the UFC on Fox panel was selected just for the sake of diversity. Hence, his exact words were,

“Sometimes you look at UFC Tonight, and you’re like, ‘Alright, is that the best panel possible? Or are you just trying to check off the boxed?” We get it; UFC Tonight FOX, you’re not racist. We get it; you have an all-black panel, we get it. Woah, we get it. We get it, man.”

Relationship Status| Married Life

Moving toward his love life, Brendan Schaub is in a relationship with his long-time girlfriend, Joanna Zanella.

Brendan Schaub and Joanna Zanella — Brendan Schaub with his girlfriend Joanna Zanella-source-Famous People Today’s Staff

The stunning couple is already engaged as per the sources. They are proud parents of two wonderful children, Tiger Paux Schaub, and Boston Schaub.

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Previously, he was in a relationship with Ronda Rousey who is an American professional wrestler, actress, former judoka, and mixed martial artist.

Salary and Net worth

Regarding his net worth and salary status, Brendan Schaub is very much successful in his professional career as a popular American podcast host, a former professional mixed martial artist as well as a stand-up comedian.

He also gained so much fame as he is a famous American podcast host we may conclude his net worth is around $3 million.

Whereas, he earns an annual salary of his salary from $900,000 to $1 million each year with podcasts and shows.

After his retirement in 2016, he has featured in various standup shows and is famous on the standup circuit in the States.

Meanwhile, his podcasts have also featured and garnered many views on YouTube and other platforms. Brendan Schaub put up his house in West L.A. for a sale for $2.17 million in 2019. His home near the Santa Monica Airport was sold for $2,500 less than what he had paid for.

Therefore, this house stood in a 3,635-square-foot floor plan with high ceilings and wide-plank hardwood floors.