Urijah Faber and Conor McGregor were at it again.
It isn’t like it wasn’t expected, especially after their odd dust-up outside of the ladies restroom at the UFC 189 weigh-ins over a week ago. A Fox Sports camera caught the incident that began with a pat on the head.
In some strange way, the situation between Faber and McGregor is playing out like a brotherly quarrel. They aren’t ripping down doors and shouting expletives at one another across the room.
These two grown men can’t help but get into playful wrestling matches whenever they see each other.
With both fighters serving as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 22, it was only a matter of time before things got strange once again. Speaking with MMA Underground, Faber detailed a second incident that cameras weren’t around to catch this time:
It happened again a couple of days ago. They didn’t have any cameras on us, where we’re giving each other crap and the next thing you know we’re testing each other a little bit. Then we’re like manhandling each other. It always ends with him getting pissed off. He likes them until the end when he’s getting manhandled. Then he doesn’t like it.
McGregor stopped Chad Mendes, Faber’s teammate, in the second round by TKO at UFC 189 to win the interim featherweight title.
While the tradition has been that TUF coaches fight at the end of the show, McGregor and Faber are not scheduled to compete at this season’s conclusion. They are strictly being brought in as coaches only.
McGregor is expected to face Jose Aldo for the undisputed featherweight title at an undecided date. Meanwhile, there is no update on the next opponent for Faber, who is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Frankie Edgar.
Jordy McElroy is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He also is the MMA writer for FanRag Sports and co-founder of The MMA Bros.
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