Brendan Schaub

Brendan Peter Schaub (born March 18, 1983) is an American podcast host, stand-up comedian and former professional mixed martial artist who also played lacrosse as a young man. Raised in Aurora, Colorado, he lettered two years in varsity lacrosse and one year in varsity American football at Overland High School, and he tried out for both the football and lacrosse teams at Whittier College and was accepted to both before he moved to the University of Colorado to play football full time. After a brief spell on the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League he turned to boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, won the Colorado heavyweight Golden Gloves title in 2008, signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2009 and retired from mixed martial arts in 2015 to work in comedy and podcasting.