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Former UFC fighter Brendan Schaub has fired shots at veteran matchmaker Joe Silva. Several fighters have called out Joe Silva for putting unwanted pressure on fighters.

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Moreover, Silva has been called out for giving fighters ultimatums if they lost fights. Schaub is the latest fighter to call Silva out and described his horrendous experience with the matchmaker.

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“He was a motherf**** man”- Brendan Schaub

“Joe Silva was a savage man. A f*cking savage. He was a guy who was on the Sherdog forums, he was a big fan, and he got this role as the matchmaker of the UFC dealing with the toughest guys in the world.

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“Joe Silva is 5’1″. He’s this little Sherdog forum troll who had a lot of power in the UFC. He had a lot of power and controlled guys’ destinies.

“And He was a motherf*cker, man. The stories that will come out if this did gain traction, I don’t think it will, but I would assume every fighter has a Joe Silva story,” said Schaub during his podcast.

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Top fighters such as Eddie Alvarez and Gray Maynard have all described their negative experiences with Silva. Schaub revealed, he was given a similar ultimatum ahead of his fight against Lavar Johnson.

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Brendan said he was told he’d be cut from the UFC if he lost the fight.

“If I lost that fight I would have been cut from the UFC”

“I remember when I fought Lavar Johnson, they wanted it to be a slugfest because Lavar Johnson was a knockout artist. I was coming off a loss to Ben Rothwell and they gave me that fight.

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“If I lost that fight I would have been cut from the UFC. It was a big fight for me. The guy had zero wrestling. Zero. I can wrestle, I can grapple. So I took him down.

“At the time I think it was the most takedowns in a heavyweight fight. I mean I took this boy down over and over,” said Schaub.

Schaub is the latest addition in a series of fighters, who have publicly called out Joe Silva.

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