With their opponents inside the cage, the MMA stars’ competitive spirit is unquestionably at a different level. These rivalries need not continue outside of the octagon. Some individuals, though, compete both inside and outside of cages. Similar circumstances apply to heavyweight competitors Travis Browne and Brendan Schaub. Ronda Rousey, who was Travis Browne‘s then-girlfriend and Schaub‘s ex-girlfriend, was the primary target of their personal animosity.
‘Rowdy‘s ex-boyfriend Brendan Schaub retaliated against Travis Browne when the latter made a reckless remark while seeing Rousey, who is now married to him.
The controversial post of Travis Browne
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Following the “throwback thursday” trend, Browne posted an old photo on Instagram, which is when the problem started. Browne was striking Schaub in the 2014 UFC 181 fight when the picture was taken. More troubling than the image itself was the caption he added to it. He wrote that using his fists to silence someone was so pleasurable. At UFC 181, Schaub and Browne engaged in a brutal bout that ended with Schaub losing to Browne. It is undoubtedly an old tale, but two years after the fight, Browne‘s adherence to a social media trend revived the feud. Everyone was of the opinion that it was a result of Browne‘s relationship with ‘Rowdy’.
Later in the 137th episode of ‘The Fighter and The Kid’ Brendan talked about how childish it was of Browne to come up with that post after so much time had passed. He said “It’s over. I have no hard feelings. I like him. He’s a nice guy, his girl. What’s there to say? Is there hard feelings because I dated your girl years ago? Move on, man. I don’t hold grudges.” When Brendan was asked about the things he told about Browne in the past, he said it was years ago and he no longer stays there.
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The rivalry between Brendan Schaub and Travis Browne
They both underwent significant transformations as a result of the conflict. With time, not only their personal lives but also their professional lives changed tremendously. Both Schaub and Browne had a lot of room for improvement in the fighting game at the time of their fight. Browne gave Schaub a really difficult time because of his strong, fluid movements and his firm footing. Big Brown has said some funny and offensive things about Browne and Ronda. When asked about Hapa’s controversial post during his own show, Big Brown cracks a joke like, “I’m just glad he got a break from folding Ronda’s laundry to post.“
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Following their breakup in 2014, Brendan made a number of unpleasant remarks about Rowdy and Hapa, but notably about Rowdy. He never missed an opportunity to make fun of the couples, and Browne’s post might simply be his response. Now that a significant amount of time has passed, all three have changed and evolved in both their personal and professional lives. The audience can now truly believe that all of their favorite MMA athletes have made good progress in their lives.
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