- Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub sends warning to Nate Diaz
- Díaz mocked Schaub for his recent emotional outburst
- Schaub warns Díaz that “he will break his neck” if the two meet
Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub sent a stern warning to MMA legend Nate Diaz after the Stockton native took a very personal shot at Schaub on social media.
Last week, Schaub revealed on his podcast that his good friend, former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin, was struggling with the impact of brain damage from his fighting career.
Schaub, who trained with Carwin for many years, was crying over his former teammate’s situation.
Hours later, and out of nowhere, Diaz took a personal shot at Schaub on social media, writing: ‘Brendan the big ol p***y Schaub’ alongside a crying emoji.
This week, Schaub addressed Diaz’s response to her emotional update.
“I retired 15 years ago, man,” Schaub said.
‘That being said, that’s what social media is. This is not real, because this is what is real: I will fuck you. That’s real. I’m not asking for this. I don’t want to screw it up, I’m not trying to screw it up.
‘At the end of the day, if he walked in here right now, only one of us will come out unscathed, and that’s me. Every fucking day of the week, 365 days a year, I’m going to break his fucking neck.
Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub (pictured) criticized Nate Diaz in a fiery rant
Diaz (pictured) personally criticized Schaub for getting emotional about the mental deterioration of his friend, former UFC fighter Shane Carwin.
Schaub went on to explain that he respects Diaz’s fighting career, but that he is simply a much bigger man.
“I’m 245 pounds, I’m a trained black belt, I was in the top 10 UFC heavyweights in the world at one point, I’m not out of shape.” In short, I am a beast,” Schaub explained.
‘I know, I tell jokes, I do crazy things, I made some mistakes… I understand all that. At the end of the day, the way this works, I’m not a civilian like the rest of his thugs around him. I’m not a fake gangster, I don’t look for fights. I know I’m tough.
“I don’t have to go on Twitter and blow it up, and show it every day because I’m insecure, because of whatever shit he’s going through with his childhood trauma. I don’t have to do that. At the end of the day, I’ll rip your fucking neck out.
Schaub, who retired from the Octagon in 2014, says he is not looking for a fight with Diaz, but he won’t back down from one.
‘What are you going to do Nate? What are you going to do? Are you going to give me a volume boost? Schaub said.
Schaub warned Diaz that if the pair collide, the Stockton fighter will be in second place.
‘Is that what you’re going to do? What are you going to do, grab me?
“Now, if you’re doing this because you feel like (some) punches, if you feel like it (and) you really want to grab me, it’s not hard to reach me.”
Diaz has since responded to Schaub’s fiery tirade, simply posting on X: “I think you’d be surprised.”
The cryptic comment is a reference to an infamous public conversation between Joe Rogan and Schaub in 2014 in which the UFC commentator expressed some harsh truths about the heavyweight’s future in the sport.
Rogan asked Schaub how he would fare in a wrestling match against then-UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, to which Schaub responded, “I think you’d be surprised.”