Conor McGregor accused of having secret motive for accepting Ultimate Fighter coaching role as UFC return draws near
CONOR McGREGOR has been accused of having a secret motive for accepting an Ultimate Fighter coaching role.
The Irishman is braced for a massive return to the UFC after spending last year on the sidelines.
Conor McGregor training for his UFC return
And according to SevereMMA, McGregor will come back in a coaching role on the UFC’s Ultimate Fighter series.
Contenders battle it out in a knockout tournament, living and training together, with the winner earning a UFC contract.
The two coaches then usually fight each other too but McGregor has been accused of using the series to promote his new film.
He stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a reboot of Patrick Swayze’s 1989 classic Road House.
And UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad claimed McGregor is only using The Ultimate Fighter to boost his profile ahead of the film release
Muhammad, 34, tweeted: “He has a movie coming out he had to get relevant again before it hits theatres.”
McGregor, 34, has been out since July 2021, when he broke his leg in his trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier, 34.
He spent the entirety of 2022 rehabilitating and recovering from the horror injury, while also filming on set.
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Tony Ferguson, 38, claimed he was offered an Ultimate Fighter coaching role but Michael Chandler, 36, is hoping to beat him to it.
He said on Michael Bisping’s podcast: “That’s been in the talks. Obviously everybody knows I would be down.
“Me, Conor on TUF whether it be four-six weeks or however long we’d be filming that thing.
“The tension, the rivalry, the competition, the trash talk, just the animosity that would be built up and then going into a training camp and then fight later on after the show.
“I want the fight. Everyone knows that. The fans want the fight, Dana has gone public saying he wants that fight, so the UFC wants the fight.
“I’ve actually heard from numerous UFC people that it’s the fight that people are talking about. Man, huge fight. Can you imagine the first round?
“Can you imagine The Foggy Dew and then my song comes on and we go out there?
“Just two dudes trying to finish each other in the first round. Massive.”
Michael Chandler wants to fight Conor McGregorGetty
