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UFC President Dana White furiously criticized the production team when Conor-Chandler took the cold plunge challenge

Boxing — 08/11/2023

Watching his two fighters perform a cold water challenge, president Dana White bluntly criticized the production team.

Episode 11 of the talent show for UFC – The Ultimate Fighter 31 saw the victory of the remaining candidate in the lightweight final – Kurt Holobaugh with a knockout Jason Knight in the 2nd round.

Also in this episode, Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler did a gameshow: soaked in cold water at 3.8 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes and answered questions about the UFC. The 16-14 overall victory in favor of Conor with the joy of receiving $ 10,000 in prize money, but there is one person who is not happy with this game – UFC President Dana White.

“I have to say this was a stupid act by the production team who came up with this. It was irresponsible, a stupid show where they could get hurt doing it. It’s ridiculous that it happened. in the challenge with two coaches.” –  Dana White criticized the production team.

“I used to do a soak at 37 degrees F (nearly 3 degrees C) for 7 minutes, after doing two 6-minute soaks in the previous days, and these two guys did it for 30 minutes. It’s dangerous, stupid, irresponsible and ridiculous that the production team did this. I’m really disgusted with that, it definitely won’t happen again.”

Dana White has reason to worry about this challenge when Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are the brightest stars of the tournament. A small incident can put both of them in jeopardy to their health and their intentions with the UFC.

However, after witnessing White’s concern, Conor McGregor also made a move to ease the situation. “The show is pretty good, no matter what happens, anyway I thank Dana for the concern. Love you all!” 

In the final episode of The Ultimate Fighter 31, Rico DiSciullo (Team McGregor) and Cody Gibson (Team Chandler) will face off against each other for a place in the bantamweight final.

In addition, president Dana White still confirmed Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler – the two trainers of the show will fight in the near future, contrary to Conor McGregor’s recent comments that do not want to participate.