The latest MMA personality to put Tarverdyan on blast is UFC heavyweight turned podcast host Brendan Schaub. Schaub made his case against the Ronda Rousey coach on a recent episode of The Fighter and the Kid.
“[Tarverdyan] has no business being [Rousey’s] coach,” he explained.
“The other guys and women he’s coaching are terrible. You look at how he ruined Travis Browne’s career. Even though he beat me, he’s a terrible fighter now, even though he did beat me. He had more talent than anyone who came through that gym, including Ronda. His career is going down the drain. His footwork is just gone, and he’s going to get cut if he loses to Derrick Lewis, especially with how much they pay him.”
While many members of the MMA communities have suggested it’s time for a new Ronda Rousey coach, Schaub explained that he’s not sure this is the solution.
“People are saying she should just change camps, it doesn’t work like that,” he said. “Let’s say she goes and trains at [Greg] Jackson’s, what happens if she doesn’t gel with the coaches?”
“Say she’s used to being the only top dog in the gym, and she goes to Jacksons and it’s full of killers,” he continued. “Maybe coach Mike Winklejohn doesn’t understand how to coach her, or her ego is too big to learn from them. That has happened before. What would have been the better game plan, she should have stayed on the outside and picked her shots?
“She’s never ever done that in her career, and you expect her to do that while she’s shooting all these movies and sh*t? It doesn’t work like that.”
“It’s like that scene from Avatar, when they plug their hair in to the horse. If you don’t gel, it’s not going to work. That’s why she’s so loyal to Edmond even though he’s so bad. And he really is terrible.”
