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Lauren Murphy discusses her rocky relationship with her The Ultimate Fighter 26 coach, Eddie Alvarez.

Lauren Murphy did not walk away from The Ultimate Fighter 26 best friends with Eddie Alvarez.

Women’s MMA veteran Murphy was coached by Alvarez, a former UFC lightweight champ, on the latest season of the long-running reality show. But after No. 3 seed Murphy was upset by No. 14 seed Nicco Montaño in the tournament’s first round, Murphy and Alvarez did not see eye to eye regarding Murphy’s post-fight actions.

Emotional after the loss, Murphy did not show up to Team Alvarez’s training session the morning after, as she wanted some alone time to process what had just happened.