Conor McGregor has reiterated his criticism of the bout construction on The Ultimate Fighter, after his crew fell to a 0-5 skid towards Michael Chandler’s crew.
McGregor’s fighters have misplaced each contest within the first 5 episodes of the brand new season of the UFC tv present. In this week’s episode, Carlos Vera suffered a choice defeat by Brad Katona – a long-time coaching companion of McGregor.
Katona gained each rounds on the judges’ scorecards, with former UFC champion McGregor bemoaning the dearth of a 3rd spherical in The Ultimate Fighter’s bouts.
“Tell them ‘three rounds’, yeah?” McGregor stated after Vera’s loss to Katona, showing to purpose the remark at UFC president Dana White.
“The fight’s not over, they’re unfinished fights,” the Irishman added in a backstage interview. “If they got unfinished fights, give them a third round. The guys are fighting for their life here. In those situations where they’re closely contested, back and forth, there should be a third round.
“I mean, this guy [Katona] is in there, [saying]: ‘Yeah!’ What was done there? Nothing. I’m surprised that those two [fighters] were called at the second round to be honest.”
McGregor, 34, additionally instructed Vera within the crew’s locker room: “Unfinished fight, that’s it. They’re unfinished fights, man. Let them go another round. They’re three-rounders [that] we need. F*** two rounds.
“That was great, that was great. That body kick was money, man – beautiful shot. He’s a solid fighter, I know; he’s trained with us a long time. So, keeping going, Carlos. Great work, my man. Proud of you, bud.”
Vera, in the meantime, stated in an interview on this week’s episode: “I hate to lose. It is what it is, and there’s a lot of things I have to work on, but I fought my fight. I have nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to be sad about. So, onto the next one.”
McGregor and American Chandler are presupposed to battle each other on the conclusion of The Ultimate Fighter’s run this summer season, however McGregor remains to be not within the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s testing pool.
Fighters have to be within the pool for six months and return not less than two unfavorable checks – and nil positives – so as to compete within the UFC, except an exemption is granted. As such, McGregor vs Chandler is unlikely to happen in 2023.
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