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New Breed: Brendan Schaub

Posted on July 3, 2009 in: New Breed

New Breed is about the next big names in MMA. This article features Ultimate Fighter Season 10 participant Brendan Schaub. The piece originally ran prior to Brendan making the Ultimate Fighter reality show on Spike TV.

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Brendan Schaub looks to continue his winning ways in The Ultimate Fighter Season 10: The Heavyweights

(courtesy of PerformanceMMA.com)

Age: 26
Height: 6’ 4”
Weight: 240
Hometown: Aurora, Colorado
Nickname: Showtime
Pro MMA Record: 4-0

Sometimes all it takes to set someone’s life on course is the right movie. For Colorado native Brendan Schaub, that movie was the martial arts classic Bloodsport. “After watching that movie, I knew I wanted to study martial arts.”

Brendan didn’t have to go far to learn, his father was a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Brendan studied Tae Kwan Do for a short time, but while watching tapes of the UFC with his uncle, he knew that would be the sport for him.

But MMA would have to wait a while. For some time, it looked like football would be his future. Brendan played four years of football at the University of Colorado. He was talented enough to go on to play for the Utah Blaze in the Arena League and even made it to the NFL with the Buffalo Bills.

Then suddenly he walked away. “I just couldn’t get MMA out of my mind; I knew football wasn’t what I wanted anymore”.
Brendan returned to Colorado and began his MMA training. He started at High Altitude Martial Arts with Nate Marquardt. He turned out to be a quick learner.

With less than 6 months of formal boxing training, Brendan thought he would test his skills in the 2008 Colorado Golden Gloves tournament. He ended up winning the heavy weight title against an 8-0 army boxing champ.
That same year, and again with less than six months of training, he put his B.J.J. to the test. He was crowned the 2008 Colorado Open Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu Absolute Advanced Grand Champion (this included a win over UFC star Mike Nickels).
Brendan currently splits his training between T’s KO Fight Club in Colorado, with Trevor Wittman and Christian Allen; and Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts in New Mexico with Greg Jackson.
Just as important as the great instructors Brendan has, are the partners he trains with; and he has some incredible training partners. The list includes, Shane Carwin, Nate “The Great” Marquardt, Keith Jardine, Duane “Bang” Ludwig, Eliot Marshall, Shawn Simms, Brian Stann, James McSweeney and Joey Villasenor.

“When I’m training with guys like that on a daily basis, it makes my fights seem easy”.

There is no question Brendan has made his fights look easy. With a perfect 4-0 pro record, he has never been past a 1:20 of the first round. His most recent win was for the heavyweight title at the Ring of Fire in Denver, Colorado. He won by referee stoppage due to strikes in just 0:52 seconds.

Keep an eye out for Brendan Schaub; maybe someday the UFC tapes he watches with his uncle will contain his highlights!

Story by Troy “Red” Barron. Troy is a chiropractor, strength and conditioning specialist, “elderly” amateur MMA fighter and the owner of PerformanceMMA.com. You can contact Troy by e-mailing him at Troy@MMAMadness.com.