“Treated Her Like She’s a…”- Joe Rogan’s Friend’s and Tracy Cortez’s Awkward Interaction Despite “Favorite” Fighter Confession Has Fans in Splits in Resurfaced Video

UFC Fight Night 227 is almost here. This time, the promotion is ready with some fierce fighters, including Tracy Cortez. Cortez is coming back to the UFC octagon after taking a break of more than a year. On September 16, she is set to lock horns against Jasmine Jasudavicius. The MMA community expects Cortez to put forward an impressive fight at T-Mobile Arena, considering past fights.

Currently, her MMA record stands at a whopping ten victories with just a single loss. When it comes to her opponent, Jasudavicius, her MMA record stands at 9-2. Before her much-anticipated bout, an old video of Joe Rogan‘s friend meeting her surfaced on the internet. The video captured the attention of the fight fans, as the UFC commentator’s buddy felt awkward in front of her, even though he mentioned her as one of his favorite fighters.

The awkward interaction between Tracy Cortez and Joe Rogan’s friend

A video of Brendan Schaub and Tracy Cortez which resurfaced on Reddit captured the attention of fight fans. The video has two different episodes from ‘The Brendan Schaub Show.’ In the beginning, Schaub was seen praising Cortez for being a talented fighter. He said, “Tracy Cortez is one of my favorite. She is great, doing the damn thing.” 

In the latter part of the video, an awkward interaction between Schaub and Tracy is shown. They met each other nearly two years ago, and in the video, the former UFC fighter hugged Cortez’s ex-boyfriend, Brian Ortega, and then gave her a cold handshake. When the UFC fans came across the video, they were quick to troll Schaub. Let’s find out how they reacted to the video.

The MMA community lambasts Schaub for his interaction with Cortez

One of the fans mentioned that Schaub treated her like a werewolf. He interacted with great enthusiasm with other guests on the show but had a muted reaction while encountering her.

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Another fan pointed out that Schaub is always awkward around women. According to this fan, he doesn’t know how to interact with women. One fan pointed out how he gave her a weird handshake.

• “Treated her like she’s a werewoof”
• “Its very strange how he acts around women. He has zaairo friends that are girls. I think he is one of those guys that thinks ivery girl wants to fugg him of trugg walk with him so he acts extremely awkward. I dont think he really knows how to act around girls unless he is trying to cheat on his wife.”
• “Ofc he has a limp wristed handshake. Why would i think he does anything correctly?”

Two fans pointed out the atmosphere of the place where Schaub conducts his podcast. These fans felt that the place had an unpleasant smell as the curtains blocked fresh air from entering the room.

• “Could you imagine the smell in that place. No air, curtains closed, hot lights and fu*king blur his face!”
• “The carpet with leather computer chairs too, everything in that place just completely soaks in the smell of sink pi*s lol”

According to a fan, even after being a former UFC fighter, Schaub does not watch fights.

• “Brendan doesn’t watch UFC fights, he gets all his info spoonfed by Chin on air, so he didn’t know who that was.”

Cortez and Ortega made headlines when they broke up with each other. The couple parted ways on bad terms. One of the fans blamed ‘T-City’ for the same.

• “T-city was such a c*ck”

From the reactions of the fans, it is clear that they felt that the interaction between Schaub and Cortez was extremely awkward. A fan even claimed that Schaub does not know how to treat women well. Another fan noticed the appearance of Ortega and Cortez together in the podcast and called out the former for his unacceptable behavior. What are your thoughts about the interaction between Cortez and Ortega? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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