Last month, Brendan Schaub got in a bit of hot water with some when he suggested that UFC Tonight was more concerned about diversity than the quality of their panelists, saying: “Sometimes you look at UFC Tonight and you’re like, ‘Alright, is that the best panel possible? Or are you just trying to check off the boxes?’ We get it, UFC Tonight FOX, you’re not racist. We get it, you have an all-black panel. We get it.”

Yves Edwards, who was on the panel that evening that Schaub made comments about, took offense to Schaub’s statements, but he and Schaub then seemingly worked things out over Twitter with Schaub apologizing for the comments and denying any racial animosity.

So the beef was squashed quickly and without much fuss. . . Until this past weekend when Schaub went on The Luke Thomas Show and addressed the feud, suggesting that Edwards admitted to making a mistake in confronting Schaub and suggesting that Edwards taking offense at Schaub suggesting he got his job by virtue of his race and not his skill set was a sign of Edwards own personal insecurities.

“It’s a blip on the radar,” Schaub told Luke Thomas on Friday. “It’s UFC Tonight. I love all those guys. They’re great. I watch the show. I actually talked to [Daniel Cormier] the day that all happened - I’m close with DC - I mean no ill regard towards any of them. I like Karen Bryant, Yves Edwards, [Tyron] Woodley, they’re all my friends. I think someone was upset on there.

“I think Yves was upset because of something that he sees in himself so when I made that comment he thinks it’s about him in particular and he lashed out. I woke up like, ‘Yves, come on’ and then when we spoke, he was good. He was like, ‘Dude, I was emotional,my bad’ and I was like, ‘Come on, obviously I’m not racist.’

“I felt so bad. I have some brain farts and that was one of them. The thing that bums me out was, they’re my friends. Karen’s a good friend.”

Unsurprisingly, this appears to have reignited the brief feud as Edwards took to Twitter to once again call Schaub out, saying that Schaub isn’t his friend, he never told Schaub he was “emotional,” and calling “The Hybrid” a “self-righteous asshole.”

Schaub recently inked a deal with Showtime Sports to host a digital talk show called “Below the Belt,” a twice-monthly, 30-minute show discussing the latest in combat sports and pop culture, mixing in interviews and other content segments.

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MUST-READ STORIES

Results. Check out all the results from UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya.

Twarrior. Conor McGregor takes aim at Max Holloway, ‘sad bastard’ Tony Ferguson.

ASAP. Dana White says Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega will be made as soon as possible.

Superfight. Cris Cyborg, Dana White agree that Amanda Nunes should be next fight.

Pitbull. Andrei Arlovski on tying UFC heavyweight victory record: ‘It don’t mean sh*t to me.’

Hot Take. Kevin Lee believes Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘looked terrible’ against Edson Barboza.

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VIDEO STEW

Presser highlights.

This is the best fight in MMA history and I cannot wait for it.

Highlights from Bellator 195

Get more Rizin in your life.

DC just trying to keep Cain down.

Woodley’s show.

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LISTEN UP

6th Round. Immediate post-fight reaction to UFC 222.

Luke Thomas. Immediate post-fight reaction to UFC 222.

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SOCIAL MEDIA BOUILLABAISSE

Conor.

Flex on ‘em, Sugar.

Nate being Nate.

Words.

Truth.

Respect.

Must’ve worked.

CROCOP-FEDOR II. MAKE IT HAPPEN.

He back.

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FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mizuki Inoue (12-4) vs. Virna Jandiroba (12-0); Invicta FC 28, March 24.

Sarah Kaufman (19-4, 1 NC) vs. Katharina Lehner (7-0); Invicta FC 29, May 4.

Jon Fitch (30-7-1) vs. Paul Daley (40-15-2); Bellator 199, May 12.

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TODAY IN MMA HISTORY

1999: Chuck Liddell made his televised UFC debut, being submitted by Jeremy Horn with an arm-triangle choke at UFC 19.

2011: Dan Henderson knocked out Rafael Cavalcante to claim the Strikeforce middleweight title a Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson.

Also at this event, Marloes Coenen retained her women’s bantamweight title by submitting Liz Carmouche with a triangle choke.

2015: Nate Diaz turned the MMA world upside down, submitting Conor McGregor at UFC 196.

Also at this event, Miesha Tate won the women’s bantamweight title by submitting Holly Holm with a rear-naked choke in the fifth round.

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FINAL THOUGHTS

Man, Brian Ortega is not out here playing around. Suddenly Max Holloway has a rival that people can really be interested in. The post-Aldo featherweight division is going to be awesome.

Take it easy and see y’all tomorrow.

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EXIT POLL

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