Pan American freestyle wrestling gold medalist Zachery Rey turned some heads recently with a bizarre callout of former UFC heavyweight slugger Brendan Schaub (noticed by Bloody Elbow):
I'm totally down to fight @BrendanSchaub! I'd fight him tomorrow with no training.
— zachery rey (@Z_Rey125kg) February 11, 2016
The idea of having another elite level wrestler in UFC is exciting, however nobody really knows what prompted this callout or whether Rey even follows UFC as Schaub retired from the sport in 2015.
However, should the 26-year-old Team USA wrestler decide to try his hand in mixed martial arts (MMA) he would be backed up by some serious freestyle wrestling bona fides, including:
2015
2nd in U.