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UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor. AP/Press Association Images

The Ultimate Fighter featuring Conor McGregor will be available to Irish viewers

Team McGregor vs. Team Faber will kick off on 10 September.

SEASON 22 OF The Ultimate Fighter, in which Conor McGregor will feature as a coach, will be available to viewers in Ireland, it has been confirmed.

McGregor, who was recently crowned the UFCโ€™s interim featherweight champion, will coach eight lightweight UFC hopefuls against eight rivals from the USA, whoโ€™ll be guided by fellow UFC star Urijah Faber.

Setanta Sports today announced that TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber will premiere on BT Sport 2 on Thursday, 10 September, at 4am. Eleven further one-hour shows will be broadcast on Thursdays at 10pm on BT Sport 2 in the following weeks.

โ€œThis is great news for all the Conor McGregor fans we have on the Setanta Pack,โ€ said Brian Quinn, Marketing Operations Director at Setanta Sports.

โ€œThey wonโ€™t have to wait for Aldo to see Conor in action again. Theyโ€™ll get to see him in 12 shows across September to November. They are also going to see some fireworks between McGregor and Faber.โ€

Filming for the show began last week and โ€” according to Faber โ€” there has already been plenty of tension between the pair.

Weโ€™re looking forward to seeing it unfold and also if any Irish talent has made it on to McGregorโ€™s team, with the cast still to be revealed.

With no fights scheduled, whatโ€™s next for the Irish in the UFC?

Urijah Faber claims to have gone toe-to-toe with McGregor in the TUF gym

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    Apr 17th 2013, 8:44 PM

    He should have worn a hoodie, they never would have known who it was then.

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    Apr 17th 2013, 7:29 PM

    Iโ€™m guessing the coach was jagerbombed out of there after that

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    Apr 17th 2013, 8:04 PM

    Did he seriously think he wouldnโ€™t be caught? What an idiot.

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    Apr 18th 2013, 12:20 PM

    Legend

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