Brendan Schaub compares UFC 306 at Sphere to Rainforest Cafe: ‘Seems to be f*cking nice, however the product is sh*t’

Let’s simply say Brendan Schaub wasn’t a giant fan of UFC 306.

The previous UFC heavyweight contender turned podcaster and comic closely criticized the UFC’s determination to placed on a pay-per-view occasion on the well-known Sphere in Las Vegas. The cardboard from this previous Saturday was headlined by two championship fights in Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley and Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso 3.

There have been a number of issues Schaub didn’t like concerning the Sphere occasion, beginning with the emphasis of promotion on the venue and never the fighters competing on the occasion.

“Clearly the belle of the ball was the sector,” Schaub stated on his YouTube channel. “The Sphere was the main focus and the belle of the ball. As a former fighter, for the present fighters, that’s not good. No different sports activities group within the f*cking world goes to make the sector the main focus. It ought to be on the expertise. In order that was already type of triggering to me, however I didn’t say a lot. I used to be identical to, ‘We’re taking place a bizarre street.’”

Schaub didn’t attend UFC 306 and noticed the occasion on pay-per-view like most followers. He thought the graphics and manufacturing regarded cool, which the promotion spent over $20 million, however on the finish of the day, he tunes in to look at good fights – one thing he doesn’t assume the occasion delivered.

“What Dana White wished to attain, they crushed it,” Schaub stated. “From the entire Sphere factor, first time ever pulling this off, they crushed it. The presentation was nice. It’s not even all that. That’s not my problem. My problem is the product I paid to look at was not nice as a result of it wasn’t a pay-per-view worthy card. As a result of the belle of the ball is the Sphere, what you’re paying for, except you’re in particular person, it ain’t that nice. It simply wasn’t. And the principle and co-main occasion, boy, did the UFC gamble, and so they misplaced.”

One of the simplest ways Schaub might describe his expertise watching UFC 306, was to consuming at Rainforest Cafe – a rainforest-themed chain restaurant embellished with jungle flora and animatronic animals.

“You realize what the Sphere is? It’s Rainforest Cafe,” Schaub stated. “It appears f*cking nice, however the product is sh*t. As a child, I cherished Rainforest Cafe. It appears f*cking sick. It’s obtained animals and sounds and mist, and also you’re like, ‘I’m in a jungle.’ However then you definitely get your f*cking macaroni, and it’s horrendous, and also you’re ready round eternally.

“The UFC doing occasions on the Sphere is like, I hate to inform you guys, however spoiler: Rainforest Cafe is out of enterprise. UFC doing occasions like that is no completely different than Rainforest Cafe. What it comes all the way down to is you’re there for a very good meal, not the ambiance.”

For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 306.