Fans are on the edge of their seats after receiving the news that Conor McGregor would be making his long-awaited return to the UFC. And with the news that he’ll be coaching against Michael Chandler in the 31st season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ excitement reached a fever pitch. Fans were all fired up and ready to go, but the UFC just threw a curveball and announced a change to the formula.

The powers have decided to mix things up with a 50-50 ratio of UFC veterans and new prospects, and fans are crying foul. But it appears that Dana White has seemingly given the go-ahead for it. This change has rubbed many the wrong way and they feel it goes against the very purpose of the show. And in response to this change in the show’s traditional theme, the fans have put out their severe criticism of the UFC.

MMA journalist Cole Shelton from BJPenn took to Twitter to break this news out to the fans. He stated that information about the UFC’s choice to go with a split of half veterans and half young prospects had come from multiple sources, which simply solidified the news moving forward.

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It’s a bitter pill to swallow for fans who were eagerly waiting for the return of Conor McGregor and the thrill of watching new prospects battling it out for a shot at UFC glory.

Fans are against the TUF theme for Conor McGregor & Michael Chandler

As soon as the news of the theme change hit social media, it became subject to severe criticism. The fans voiced their opposition to this new tune to ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ and shared their thoughts on it.

Check out how the fans reacted to this news:

“Will either be genius or a disaster”

“This is kind of a bad idea imo”

“Thought the idea of TUF was to give someone a chance to win a ufc contract? If a veteran wins then what’s the point of the show”

“This makes absolutely no sense.”

“Terrible idea. Why would I wanna see washed fighters against new era.”

“So instead of just letting the show naturally be good but new hungry talent they wanna do this weird a** theme sh*t”

“No. No nooooooo!!! Why”

“Defeats the whole purpose of the show lmfao. Nah for me”

“UFC been on some WWE sh*t lately”

It looks like the UFC is stirring the pot with this controversial decision. Only time will tell how wise was it of Dana White to approve of such a drastic change in something so popular amongst the fans.

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What do you think of this new theme for TUF? Do you think it’s a bad move by the UFC? Let us know in the comments below.