Faber (left) and McGregor (right) during a disagreement at the weigh-in. Photo: Reproduction
As soon as the announcement came Urijah faber e Conor McGregor as coaches of the 22nd season of The Ultimate Fighter, it was imagined that the atmosphere could get heated between the rivals, who have strong personalities and had even seen each other during the UFC 189 weigh-in. Because, with just over a week of recording, the two have already fought behind the scenes of the reality show. show. The report on the disagreement was made by Faber himself.
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“That (the discussion at the UFC 189 weigh-in) was completely unexpected, I don’t even know what it was. I asked Conor what that was and he said: 'I don't know'. I started joking around and it kind of turned into that. And it happened again! It happened again a few days ago, there was no camera filming us, we were teasing each other, testing each other, and then, out of nowhere, we were in hand-to-hand combat. It always ends with him getting angry”, said the athlete from Team Alpha Male, in an interview with the website “The Underground”.
According to Urijah, the confusion behind the scenes of the program was even more intense than that recorded by the UFC cameras at the weigh-in before Conor's fight against Mendes. “He likes it, when he's being mistreated. The last one was a little violent, and his friend, Tom (Egan, an SBG athlete and one of the coaches on the Irish team), had to come and separate us. But I guess it's all in the fun, for the most part. We both like to fight, it’s what we do!”, he said.
Furthermore, Faber also clarified that the idea of putting him alongside Faber on TUF was not new, and had already been planned since the time he José Aldo he would still face the Irishman at UFC 189. “This had already been discussed for a few weeks. He would face Aldo and then do the program either with me or with Chad (Mendes). When Chad came in as a substitute, I was left behind. That was always the plan,” he concluded.
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