Brendan Schaub Net Worth

Brendan Schaub is an American Stand-up comedian, a podcast host, and a former professional mixed martial artist.

He hosts most of his podcasts and co-hosts one podcast with fellow comedian Theo Von, titled ‘The King and the Sting’.

He is engaged and has two kids with his long-time girlfriend turned fiancé; Joanna Zanella. He once had a relationship with Ronda Rousey who is an American professional wrestler, retired Mixed and Martial Artist, and judoka.

He supports sports teams of Denver, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California as well as the Cleveland Browns. He also has a great interest and passion for fashion and automobiles.

He was once addicted to Oxycontin pills for months after it was prescribed for him to help recover from a broken nose he suffered in his fight with Mirko Crocop.

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Brendan Schaub’s Profile

Full Name: Brendan Peter Schaub. Also known as ‘Big Brown’/’The Hybrid’/’The Sting’
Date of Birth: 18^th March 1983
Place of Birth: Aurora, Colorado
Nationality: American
Origin: German, Italian, and English descent
Parents: Debra and Peter Schaub.
Brother: Jay
Occupation: Podcast host, comedian
Marital status: Engaged

How Brendan Schaub Makes and Spends his Money

Brendan played American football and lettered for lacrosse while at high school in Overland High School. However, before his junior year, he transferred to the University of Colorado to play football full-time where his participation was actually delayed his first season.

Brendan went undrafted in the 2006 NFL Draft but was later signed to the practice squad of the Buffalo Bills. He was released from the team before the start of the regular season and he went on to sign with Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League.

In 2007, Brendan Schaub retired from sports. On returning to Colorado after his retirement, Brendan started to train for boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

After 6months in training, Brendan competed and won the Colorado novice-division Golden Gloves heavyweight title. He later began training at High Altitude Martial Arts in Aurora and also the Grudge Training Center in Arvada.

Brendan met and became friends and training partner with Shane Carwin who was the UFC heavyweight contender.

He began his professional career in mixed and martial art and mainly competed in Colorado and he started this career with a 4-0 win giving him the heavyweight title for the ‘Ring of Fire’ organization.

In 2009, Brendan Schaub signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in order to compete on The Ultimate Fighter. He actually fought for the company for 6 years before he stopped in 2014 and officially retired in 2015.

In his first fight of the show, he fought Demico Rogers and defeated him on the first-round submission where he displayed an ‘Anaconda choke’ which moved him to the quarter-finals.

Schaub got to the quarter-finals and won the show by delivering Knock Out (punch) to Jon Madsen. Schaub went on to defeat Marcus Jones in the first round of the semi-finals with the same Knock-Out.

However, Schaub made his debut to the UFC officially, when he faced and lost via knockouts to Roy Nelson at The Ultimate Fighter; Heavyweights Finale.

Brendan Schaub went on to fight several more UFC Bouts where he won a majority of his fights and lost quite a few as well.

Days after losing his fight against Travis Browne on the 6^th of December 2014, Brendan’s friend, Callen, and UFC commentator Joe Rogan had a joint podcast where they advised Brendan to retire from mixed martial arts and pursue a career in comedy.

Brendan took this advice and on the 10^th of October 2015, he announced on the Joe Rogan Experience show that he had retired from mixed and martial arts.

Brendan Schaub made quite a career out of mixed and martial arts and has quite a number of championship titles and records to show for it.

Brendan Schaub Makes Money from Podcasts

Brendan started off performing stand-up comedy as a duo act with comedian Callen Bryan but in recent times, he has been going as a solo act. He and Bryan called their first podcast ‘The Fighter and The Kid’ which was produced by FOX network until 2016 when they had a contract dispute.

Brendan launched a solo podcast in December 2016 which he titled ‘Big Brown Breakdown’. This podcast focused on relating to combat sports which basically was Mixed and Martial Arts.

After leaving the FOX network, Brendan and Bryan started producing their podcasts themselves. They also added to the list of achievements, tours, where they performed mixed live podcasts and stand-up comedy shows.

By February 2018, Schaub partnered with Showtime and they rebranded the Big Brown Breakdown podcast and renamed it ‘Below the Belt with Brendan Schaub. Showtime also released a web show with the same title and Brendan served as the host.

By December 2018, Brendan Schaub and Theo Von announced the creation of a new podcast titled ‘The King and the Sting’.

His first comedy special titled “You’d Be Surprised” was released on the 18^th of May 2019 after his debut as a solo act in the Comedy Store located in Los Angeles, California, on the 10^th of August 2016.

Brendan Schaub Creates Wealth for Himself Through Movies, Commentaries, TV Shows and Programs

Brendan Schuab also made his first feature film debut in the 2016 movie ‘Range 15’and in 2017, he was invited for a commentary on ‘Showtime’ on the Mayweather/McGregory boxing match.

2018 saw Brendan Schuab working for E!, on their entertainment news where he was co-hosting the Golden Globes, Academy Awards, and Grammy Awards. He also became a panelist for the television show ‘Bravos Play-By-Play’ on Bravo network.

In the 2020 movie, ‘The Tax Collector’ by David Ayer, Brendan Schuab made his second film feature appearance.

As of 2021, Brendan Peter Schuab’s net worth was estimated to be around $3-$5 million.

After retiring from Mixed and Martial Arts, which he was quite successful at, he went on to being a stand-up comedian and host of podcasts and also co-hosted one of the biggest podcasts hosted by the UFC commentator and Comedian and he has done pretty well at these too.

He didn’t quite stop here as he further pursued a career in TV and movies, featuring in movies and hosting programs for notable TV channels, and being part of this has earned him a good amount of money.

He made quite a decent amount of his wealth from sponsorship during his MMA days as companies made him their brand ambassador due to his popularity. He had sponsors from notable names like ‘Big Rentals Construction Company’, ‘KeepItPlayful.com’, ‘The Reign Training Center’, ‘Box N Burn Gym’, ‘Soul Electronics’, and ‘Alchemist Management’.

His YouTube channel for ‘Below the Belt with Brendan Schaub even has a net worth of $350, 000 with over 157 views as of 2021.

In addition to all these, Brendan Schaub also took to selling wears. He took advantage of his popularity and created his own clothing line named ‘The Brendan Schaub Collection’. This collection houses varieties of men, women, kids, and even dog T-shirts. These collections feature a lot of Brendan’s favorite catchphrases, pictures capturing the UFC champions, captivating arts, and interesting designs. One t-shirt from his collection costs about $30.

It seems like he loves to live a very comfortable life as he once bought a house for over $2 million. The house had an inside high ceiling with wide-planked hardwood floors, two living rooms, a formal dining room, an office room, an indoor-outdoor family room, a center-island kitchen with white cabinetry, Caesarstone countertops, and a tile backsplash.

The master suite has a slightly vaulted ceiling which expands to a bathroom with a freestanding tub. The house has a total of five bedrooms and 3.75 bathrooms. The front yard holds a number of palm trees and outback, a patio adjoins a lawn bordered by privacy hedges.