Schaub suggests FOX hired ‘all-black’ UFC panel to ‘check off the boxes’

Brendan Schaub doesn’t think the UFC broadcast members on FOX and similar channels are the best of the best.

The former UFC heavyweight, who now is a podcast host and stand-up comedian, criticized the panel of broadcasters the promotion features on its programming — which includes FS1 pre- and post-fight shows, weigh-in shows, and UFC Tonight — on a Jan. 30 episode of Big Brown Breakdown.

Schaub suggested that the UFC’s programming features an array of different ethnic backgrounds to promote diversity and equality, without keeping in mind the quality of the broadcast and its members’ analysis.

“Sometimes you look at UFC Tonight and you’re like, ‘Alright, is that the best panel possible? Or are…