Conor McGregor will return to UFC action after a couple of years off due to injury next year, as he will likely square off with Michael Chandler. The two recently competed on the Ultimate Fighter as coaches to build up a potential fight between the pair. You could tell by watching the program that the two had different styles relating to coaching. Jason Knight, who competed on Chandler’s team, speaks on what McGregor was like as a coach in a recent interview with BJPENN.com.
The Ultimate Fighter
It was an intriguing season, as Chandler and McGregor are both massive names in the UFC, and many fans tuned in to see what their interactions would be like. There were many great competitors in the show’s season, with the veterans who were former UFC fighters put on one team and prospects on the other. Chandler’s team dominated the competition, leaving many wondering if McGregor was a good coach or if the units were mismatched.
Jason Knight On Conor McGregor
Knight was a semi-finalist on the show, showcasing his good skills inside the octagon. When speaking to BJ Penn. He talked about the Irishman as a coach and if he missed any practices while filming the show.
Yeah, man. I understand that McGregor missed at least a good solid week of the practices, and we were only there for a month. He missed a good solid week of not being there at all,” Jason Knight said to BJPENN.com about Conor McGregor’s coaching on TUF 31. “We saw with our own eyes that these guys are supposed to be doing two sessions a day, and half the time, they would cancel either the morning or night sessions. Or, they would come to the house and do cardio on workout bikes. We can do them by ourselves, and we are all grown men who are professional fighters, we can do that right here if we want to get in some cardio.
“We got a gym of our own with bikes. Why would all of these coaches come over to jump on some bikes or a row machine? That didn’t make any sense to me. A lot of their team, you could tell they got fed up with it,” Jason Knight continued about Conor McGregor. “Conor was there to do a job; whenever a camera was there, Conor was turned on. Whenever the camera wasn’t there, he was a half-ass decent person and pretty cool. When a camera was in front of him, he was this personality.”
All quotes via BJ Penn
The Ultimate Fighter did its job and created a lot of hype for a matchup between McGregor and Chandler.
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