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Former two division UFC champion Conor McGregor and former Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler are coaches on the upcoming season of the UFC Ultimate Fighter 31.
UFC President Dana White says that McGregor wanted two fighters he was associated with to be on the reality show, as a condition for him to coach on it.
“It’s such small s***,” White said on The Pat McAfee Show (transcript via MMA Fighting). “The problem is if you call us a league, if you have a league like we have, once you start giving to one, then you have to give to 850. ‘Why does he get to do this and I don’t get to do this?’ And I do that sometimes. That just happened recently where Conor McGregor was going to coach this season of The Ultimate Fighter and he’s like, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it, but I’m bringing two guys that I want to make it right onto the show.’ Then, of course, the f****** media [says], ‘Oh, that’s not fair, and what happened to those guys?’ Shut the f*** up. So we’ll take care of the guys that aren’t on it, and this is what Conor wants, we’ll give it to him.”
It is unknown at this time as to which two fighters on the cast were requested by McGregor.
White also praises McGregor for being a great business partner for the UFC.
“He’s a great partner,” White said. “Conor is a great partner to work with. Conor and I have never had a problem. You think about this kid went from nobody knew who he was to one of the biggest superstars in all of sports. You’ve never really seen any public blowouts with me and him. A lot of times when you get that level of fame and money, it f**** everything up, right? That’s never happened with me and Conor. We’ve always been solid. He’s a good businessman. He’s a smart kid, he knows what he’s doing.”
