Given that Brendan Schaub isn’t far removed from asking his producer if he was “a communist” for saying he didn’t know who to root for between Rose Namajunas and Weili Zhang, the former heavyweight fighter seems to have found himself a sudden, surprising defender of China’s first UFC title holder. That position comes following recent comments from Namajunas ahead of her upcoming chance to regain the strawweight belt.
In an interview with Ariel Helwani, ‘Thug’ Rose framed her title fight with Weili as a battle against communism, telling Helwani that Weili represents “red” China and that her own philosophy was “better dead than red.