UFC star Conor McGregor is keen on serving as a colour commentator for Dana White's new Power Slap League.
McGregor is seemingly a fan of the new Power Slap league despite many fans criticising its introduction and labelling it "not a real sport." In Power Slap, competitors alternate between “slapper” and “defender” roles and each have up to 30 seconds to deliver a slap and recover from taking a slap.
Points are scored based on the slapper's effectiveness and the defender’s recovery time, with the traditional 10-point must system that MMA and boxing implement also being used to score contests. Former two-weight UFC champion McGregor is a fan of Power Slap and wants to serve as the league's version of Joe Rogan, who has served as a UFC commentator for over 20 years.
"I could potentially be the Joe Rogan of Power Slap," McGregor wrote on Twitter. The Irishman was then asked by a fan about the best technique for absorbing a slap, in which he replied: "Interesting question. It would have to be better to take it relaxed. However, with eyes fully on the slap at all time. 100 per cent. Full awareness with a relaxed brace I would say is best. Then all you can do is pray the opponent's force x velocity is less than needed."
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McGregor is now without a UFC win for over three years having sat out for the entirety of last year due to his leg injury. The 34-year-old, who lost twice to Dustin Poirier in 2021, is expected to make a return later this year but will have to go through six-months of mandatory drug testing before doing so.
The first episode of Power Slap, which aired earlier this week, has been condemned by a brain doctor after a contestant was brutally knocked out and suffered short-term memory loss. Slap-fighter Chris Kennedy required medical assistance when his whole body went stiff after his opponent Chris Thomas knocked him out.
Power Slap's launch couldn't have come at a worse time as UFC boss White was caught on camera slapping his wife on New Year's Eve. MMA faced years of scrutiny during its foundation years but was saved by introducing a unified ruleset and despite Power Slap also having a set of rules, fans are worried that competitors are unable to intelligently defend themselves during the contests.
Official TV ratings for the first episode of Power Slap show that it averaged 295,000 viewers in the US. The programme, which was available to watch on streaming service Rumble outside of the US, retained less than a third of the audience that tuned in to watch the weekly episode of All Elite Wrestling, which aired in the slot before Power Slap.
