DANA WHITE fumed at his UFC production crew after the latest episode of The Ultimate Fighter.
The Ultimate Fighter sees UFC legends Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler coach a team of rookies and a team of veterans as they battle it out for a space on the UFC.
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In the latest episode, Chandler and McGregor answered questions while sat in separate ice baths.
Chandler was seen shivering towards the end of the challenge with the coaches having to spend nearly 30 minutes in the 3.8 degree bath.
After the challenge, White was asked by an interviewer on The Mac Life YouTube channel if he thought the challenge was “cruel” and the UFC head honcho did not hold back in response.
White said: “I’m going to tell you this it was a huge clusterf*** by the production team that shot this thing.
“Completely f****** irresponsible. Completely a s*** show and both of them could have been hurt doing this.
“It was ridiculous what happened during the coaching challenge.
“I did 37 degrees [fahrenheit] in New York for seven minutes, we did two days at six minutes and the last day at seven minutes.
“These guys did this thing for almost 30 minutes. Dangerous, stupid, irresponsible and just completely f****** ridiculous on the part of the production team.
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“I was literally f****** pissed off about it. Disgusting. Won’t happen again.”
The latest series of the Ultimate Fighter has fed speculation that McGregor and Chandler will get into the Octagon once the series ends.
It would be The Notorious’ first fight since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier in July 2021.
However, recent times has seen the Dubliner pivot towards a potential fight with Justin Gaethje instead.
Newly-crowned BMF Gaethje initially snubbed the prospect of a lightweight war with The Notorious but publicly called on him to “sign the contract” on Tuesday night.
And McGregor, 35, sparked by fierce speculation he will indeed face ‘The Highlight’ by tweeting: “Signed.”
McGregor set his sights on a fire-fight with Gaethje seconds after seeing him head kick Poirier unconscious at UFC 291.
He tweeted: “I’m the real BMF, he can fight for pennies if he wants but I want spirits.
Chandler insisted he was unconcerned by McGregor going cold on their prospective bout, telling ESPN: “The beautiful thing about mixed martial arts is it’s the what have you done for me lately business and everyone has a short-term memory and we all succumb to a recency bias.
“I’m not really that worried about it. I believe the fight is happening.
“The fight makes too much sense for it not to happen.
“I’m still the most entertaining guy on the doggone roster.
“Everyone wants to see the greatest comeback in combat sports history, so I think it’s going to be me and Conor. That’s it.”
And Dana White backed up Chandler, proclaiming that McGregor’s next bout would be against the three-time Bellator champion.
The veteran promoter, 54, said on Wednesday morning: “Yes he’s fighting Chandler.”
White insists McGregor’s recent Twitter callouts and tirades at Gaethje are nothing more than mind games to get in Chandler’s head.
The MMA supremo said of the Irishman’s recent social media antics: “He likes to f*** with everybody.”
“”You know what I mean? Especially his opponent, or possible opponents.”