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 UFC’s interim featherweight champion, will coach eight lightweight UFC hopefuls against eight rivals from the USA, who’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.
“This is great news for all the Conor McGregor fans we have on the Setanta Pack,” said Brian Quinn, Marketing Operations Director at Setanta Sports.
“They won’t have to wait for Aldo to see Conor in action again. They’ll get to see him in 12 shows across September to November. They are also going to see some fireworks between McGregor and Faber.”
Filming for the show began last week and — according to Faber — there has already been plenty of tension between the pair.
We’re looking forward to seeing it unfold and also if any Irish talent has made it on to McGregor’s team, with the cast still to be revealed.
Great to get through but it’s not the one we wanted, Roll on the Huns on Sunday
@Alan Brazil: Jesus Alan. We have something in common. Big game for the hoops
@Alan Brazil: same craic every year , start to improve after getting knocked out of champions league..still though would have got some spanking in the group they would been in , Barca ,Dortmund, inter . Gone are the glory days when they could get a champions league result . .
I don’t know what has gone on with Lennon and Sinclair. Sinclair good for 20 goals a season and he’s been frozen out in favour of Lewis Morgan.. Lennon seems to make stupid decisions, Celtic clearly through with 20 mins to go and he leaves all his star players on with an important game on Sunday. Edwaurd then goes off injured..
@David Garland: Stop your whinging, they won 4-1 what more do you want? Get behind Lennon and the team rather than complain
An away win in Europe is rare. A score line of 4-1 is unheard of. Good to see the holy goalie back in Glasgow.
A nice double on Sunday would be nice. Starting with the Celts and finishing with 5 in a row.
Hail Hail.
Up the Dubs.
It’s not whining wanting to know why one of our better players is not even making the bench. As I said Sinclair contributes around 20 goals a season and by the looks of Rangers this season Celtic could do with his goals, he’s a far better option that Morgan who shouldn’t be near a Celtic jersey..
Very poor performance but still put 4 goals on the board. Great going forward but my good God the backline is woeful. Whoever scouted Boli needs sacking, that lad is a bomb scare. Hopefully Lennon can get it right before the transfer window closes and get in a few decent signings for a change.
Played well, can they meet rangers in group?
@Dougal67: not until the knock out stages, teams from the same country are kept apart