{"podcast":{"title":"The Big Brown Breakdown","slug":"the-big-brown-breakdown-222419","podcast_index_feed_id":222419,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-schaub-show","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-schaub-show","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/59/aa/84/aa/59aa84aa-41bb-4277-9cfa-a7145b9fd6d6/47a3e8ca36de318a14fc6dba16e1012f875e39b59c96fd80c6de6519aefeea42d3955002f4e6f5890b5c9272d4f25ca90e2353bcb59397355d295ca96676756b.jpeg","author":"Thiccc Boy Studios | PodcastOne","episode_count":654,"summary":"The Big Brown Breakdown explores the intersection of combat sports and life in and outside the sport. Through the eyes of former fighter, comedian, and host Brendan Schaub, the show is an entertaining mix of truth, comedy, and rawness. Brendan is joined by some of the sport's biggest names and entertainers each week. Episodes include weekly insights into the sport. The show consists of deep dives with fighters during Food Truck Diaries, Friday Night Flashbacks, and Calabasas Fight Companion episodes, with a roundtable of co-hosts joining the Schaub show. Formerly Below the Belt, the Schaub show brings you inside the world of professional fighting.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T08:17:31.030755+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-brown-breakdown-222419"},"episode":{"title":"Fan Questions: Khamzat, Conor McGregor & UFC Fighter Pay","slug":"fan-questions-khamzat-conor-mcgregor-ufc-fighter-pay","published_at":"2026-05-17T14:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-brown-breakdown-222419/fan-questions-khamzat-conor-mcgregor-ufc-fighter-pay","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-brown-breakdown-222419","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/63d0b22f-a7cf-40fe-be5e-b09380cc68e9.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/63d0b22f-a7cf-40fe-be5e-b09380cc68e9.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Brendan Schaub answers fan questions on this episode of Big Brown Breakdown, breaking down some of the biggest topics in UFC and MMA right now. Brendan talks Conor McGregor’s legendary world press tour with Jose Aldo, why it may have affected Aldo mentally, and how McGregor changed the fight business forever. He also dives into Sean Strickland, fake UFC beef, Khamzat Chimaev’s biggest issues after the Strickland fight, and why Khamzat’s problems may be deeper than cardio or weight cutting. Brendan compares Khamzat’s current path to GSP after the Matt Serra loss and explains why the situations are completely different. Other topics include Brock Lesnar vs Francis Ngannou, Ronda Rousey’s legacy, Joe Silva stories, UFC fighter pay, why belts don’t matter like they used to, Joshua Van’s future at flyweight, wrestling in modern MMA, potential White House card matchups, and whether the UFC should have more draws. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Brendan Schaub answers fan questions on this episode of Big Brown Breakdown, breaking down some of the biggest topics in UFC and MMA right now. Brendan ta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2576,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-big-brown-breakdown-222419/episodes/fan-questions-khamzat-conor-mcgregor-ufc-fighter-pay/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-brown-breakdown-222419/fan-questions-khamzat-conor-mcgregor-ufc-fighter-pay.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}