The Ultimate Fighter 31: Team McGregor vs. Team Chandler just aired the eighth episode of the season and this one was really important. Especially for Conor McGregor as he was coming from 7 consecutive defeats in the TUF 31. The match-up was between the bantamweight prospects Rico DiSciullo and Hunter Azure.
DiSciullo got a good start with the help of some leg kicks and strong elbows. But what stood out was definitely the way he finished the fight. The epic finish was one of the most brutal double hammer fists witnessed and it absolutely left no chance for Azure to get up. So, the young fighter defeated his opponent Hunter Azure with a TKO to avoid a historical clean sweep.
The incident got the former two division champion fired up and he began to run around the octagon, celebrating his first win of the season. Even UFC boss Dana White appreciated the fight and said, “Holy s***! That was a great f***ing fight man.”.
McGregor beefing Chandler’s team is hilarious to watch 🤣 pic.twitter.com/nVAmdRt8ky
— Aqua 🦆 (@AquaFighting) July 19, 2023
Conor then started to rant at his opponent Michael Chandler and his team. “I love KOs! Who doesn’t love KO’s? F**king holding onto each other, you are in here! For two f**king rounds. Do you think closed guard top after two rounds is a fight over?… There are a lot of unfinished fights here…Do you know what I call you? Here today, gone tomorrow…Team here today, gone tomorrow.”
McGregor was probably not happy with UFC lightweight fighter Chandler and his team’s approach toward the game. Rico DiSciullo is the only fighter from the Irishman’s team to move into the knockouts. It will be interesting to see if he can continue his winning run or not.
Michael Chandler taunts Conor McGregor for allowing his fighter to drive his Lamborghini
Conor McGregor is arguably one of the most popular fighters to exist in the combat sports fraternity. As reported by DailyStar, he is an adamant car lover and has quite a collection of expensive cars. One of the cars in the collection is a Lamborghini; a Lamborghini that he let his teammate Rico DiSciullo drive after he saved him from an unpleasant record at TUF 31.
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After they went on a little drive, McGregor revealed that he did not know whether or not his bantamweight fighter could drive it. He was even a little nervous about the drive. This gesture of the former champion left the fans in awe as the car he lent to drive is a pretty expensive car.
However, Conor’s opponent in the TUF 31, Michael Chandler took to Twitter to take a dig at him. He mockingly tweeted that Conor had rented the car and it was not his own.
Maybe this was done in humor but the fans did not buy it. The majority of the comments said that Conor McGregor has more than enough resources to buy a Lamborghini. They are not wrong about this one as out of all the fighters in the world, one absolutely cannot say this about the ‘Notorious.’
Conor rented it….
— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) July 19, 2023
The next episode of TUF 31 will air on television on July 25th. It will definitely be interesting to see if the heated conversations between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler’s team continue in the next one as well, or will it just calm down?