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Ex-UFC star Brendan Schaub reveals $5 million fight purse needed to tempt him into one final bout

Former UFC heavyweight contender, Brendan Schaub has revealed any promoter looking to book him in one final fight, would have to cough up at least $5,000,000 in order for him to snap his 2015 retirement from combat sports.

Schaub, a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter, and a ranked contender during his heavyweight tenure with the UFC, most recently featured 10 years ago in a first round knockout loss to Hawaiian heavyweight veteran, Travis Browne in the pair’s grudge match.

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The defeat came as his second consecutively, following a controversial split decision loss to former undisputed champion, Andrei Arlovski.