Conor McGregor may have a packed schedule, but he’s still got time to mess with Urijah Faber’s head.
The pair of Ultimate Fighter coaches stopped by UFC Tonight this week and McGregor went to work needling Faber over his Team Alpha Male teammate, bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw.
By the sound of it, Dillashaw spent some time alongside Faber helping to coach the team of American lightweights against McGregor’s international squad.
The move doesn’t especially raise any eyebrows, but it caught McGregor’s attention.
“You shouldn’t be letting him in your s**t,” McGregor told Faber. “He’s a snake in the grass. I told you that to your face. You brought him on to TUF thinking he was there to help you. He was there to help him. He’s a snake in the f***ing grass in your s**t. You need to figure that out and stop being a p***y.”
Some of the ambiguity should clear up as the season airs, but if you read between the lines a bit you can get a sense there may be some tension between Faber and Dillashaw.
Like a child of an ugly divorce, Dillashaw has been caught in the middle of the bitter split between Faber and former Team Alpha Male head coach Duane Ludwig. After recruiting Dillashaw to Sacramento and training him for years, Ludwig was largely credited for the young champ’s rise.
After Ludwig recently said Dillashaw was the only Alpha Male “that actually wants to be a champion,” Faber responded by calling Ludwig “a bully” and that he “feels bad for the people that are stuck with him.”
An acolyte of Ludwig, Dillashaw still regularly trains with his former coach in Colorado.
It doesn’t help matters that Faber and Dillashaw have also “made it very clear they will fight each other,” according to UFC president Dana White.
“You shouldn’t have brought him in,” McGregor continued. “That was your moment to build [a fight?] up and you let him come in. He took over your s**t. You brought him up from high school, you brought him up through the game. He’s not your boy. Come on. There are no boys in this. He’s not your boy. I don’t mind him, but I sense disloyalty. I sense a snake and I’m going to say that when I see it.”
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Scrum. Before UFC 194, Conor McGregor met with the media in Los Angeles to discuss Jose Aldo, Urijah Faber, The Ultimate Fighter, and much more.
Good news. UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler won’t require surgery on his injured thumb and could be ready for UFC 195 on Jan. 2
Rebound. Fresh off his lifted suspension, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne is looking to fight Matt Mitrione in November or December.
‘I’m trying to be positive with him.’ Conor McGregor says Jose Aldo is a “do-nothing b***h” who rarely defends his title.
Regrettable. MMA fighter and Brazilian jiu jitsu blue belt Monique Bastos foils a robbery attempt and subdues the thief. “I did it to defend myself and my friends, so I used what I learned.”
MEDIA STEW
UFC 191 embedded episode 2.
Anthony Johnson teaches how to throw a yoga mat left high kick.
The BMF crew heads to Las Vegas.
Frank Mir’s open workout ahead of UFC 191.
Ronda Rousey is going to the ball.
TTTHS.
Long watches.
UFC 191: Unibet Presents Inside The Octagon Johnson vs. Dodson 2
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UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson Care/Don’t Care Preview
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TWEETS
Beef.
Just focus on your task at hand @TheNotoriousMMA you do realize you have to see me face to face in 2 days
— Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) September 3, 2015
Me and the beautiful @MeganOlivi talking titles and shit o ya Frankenstein was ment to do 1:1 with me. He no show pic.twitter.com/WwHo7YrtJ2
— Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) September 2, 2015
Camping.
Back at it #UFC193 #Nov14th #andSTILL #rouseyVSholm https://t.co/WwHEu9qctc
— Ronda Rousey (@RondaRousey) September 3, 2015
Big deal?
Bethe Correia Plans on Training at AKA; Wants Tate, Kaufman for Next Fight: http://t.co/yI6ZkWrfVO @seanshelby @danawhite @ufc @ufc_brasil
— Bethe (@bethecorreia) September 3, 2015
Congrats.
Congrats to @SammyJstout on an awesome career in the sport of mma You’re a first class warrior! #poineer #handsofstone
— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) September 3, 2015
Sad to see one of the most exciting fighters in @UFC history retire. Much love and good luck to @sammyjstout. pic.twitter.com/m7aiMKoaZE
— James Krause (@TheJamesKrause) September 3, 2015
Fingers crossed.
@DangerousDNR @DustinPoirier don’t worry about that, we will
— Joe Duffy (@Duffy_MMA) September 2, 2015
Let’s give them what they want! Let’s gooo!!! https://t.co/MyVwaiXH9P
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) September 2, 2015
Tested.
Random Drug Test this morning #ufc194
— Tecia Torres (@TeciaTorres) September 2, 2015
Cool.
Today I will be coaching a mma training session for the Detroit Pistons! Ju? nied?ugo po… http://t.co/lhSn6DC97j pic.twitter.com/xQucPKIVoU
— Joanna Jedrzejczyk (@joannamma) September 2, 2015
Impressed?
I’m in South Dakota learning about what was probably the greatest battle between 2 animals, 66 million years ago. pic.twitter.com/JKaGGZWkTM
— Georges St-Pierre (@GeorgesStPierre) September 2, 2015
FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announced yesterday (Sept. 2 2015)
Jon Delos Reyes vs. Neil Seery at UFC Fight Night: Duffy vs. Poirier
Luiz Henrique vs. Francis Ngannou at UFC on FOX 17
Sage Northcutt vs. Frank Trevino at UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson
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