Watch: Conor McGregor's latest sparring footage from TUF
The 31st edition of The Ultimate Fighter, featuring Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler as coaches, has many fans foaming at the mouth. The latest TUF season is set to air on May 30.
Although shrouded in a bit of mystery, some details from the show did emerge when Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler got into a minor scuffle. McGregor later appeared on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani and spoke about how he spent a lot of time training alongside and sparring with his team.
Check out a video of Conor McGregor sparring on TUF 31:
Here's what Conor McGregor said about sparring with his team contestants on The Ultimate Fighter season 31:
"I finished my [The] Ultimate Fighter reality show. [I] got some great training in with the guys. I was side by side with them. I was sparring as they were sparring. And, I was picking up a lovely pace, you know, going through all of them. I sparred all of them by the end of the show - all the contestants. So I was getting into a nice groove and now it's over. And so, I'm kind of like, 'Uhh.'"
Skip to 16:04 for Conor McGregor on sparring with his TUF 31 contestants:
Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are set to face off in the octagon once the season finishes airing.
"It was very very tough" - Conor McGregor on filming Road House
McGregor might make fighting look easy despite the grueling nature of mixed martial arts, but in comparison to shooting a film, fighting is 'relatively easy', according to the Irishman.
During the same interview, McGregor spoke about his first foray into acting in a film starring Jake Gyllenhaall.
Here's what 'The Notorious' said:
"It was tough, Ariel, it was very very tough - very long days. What it [shooting the film] actually done for me was, it made me feel like everything else was easy. See, right now, what I'm doing. I'm doing a lot of work, going around. And on The Ultimate Fighter, there's a lot of work. Even training camp and all the rest of it - all of that pales in comparison to the work that it takes to make a movie."
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The Irishman continued:
"It took me back, to be honest, because I was not anticipating the amount of work it would take [to shoot this film]. You know, it's active, there's full scenes and, you know, I'm doing stunts, I'm jumping through the air, I'm throwing guys over bars, and I'm smashing glass, bottles and - you know, I don't want to give away too much, but we did some magic on this stuff."