The women’s strawweight competitors on “The Ultimate Fighter 20” got a little surprise when they tuned in to the season’s second episode on Wednesday, and it wasn’t something cameras caught them saying.

Felice Herrig, a member of head coach Anthony Pettis’ team on the tournament-based reality show, appeared today on MMAjunkie Radio and said the cast was filmed in various states of undress despite assurances they would maintain some semblance of privacy.

“They told us that they weren’t allowed to show any of that stuff, that they’re not allowed to show you changing or anything,” Herrig (9-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) told MMAjunkie Radio. “You’re around cameras 24/7, and sometimes, you’re like like, ‘F it. Whatever.'”

Herrig, of course, is one of the less camera-shy fighters on the show. A veteran of the all-female “Fight Girls,” she is making her second appearance on reality TV. And while she admits she was more relaxed in her previous brush with cameras, their constant presence wore down her defenses at times.

“On ‘Fight Girls,’ the crew left after a certain time of night, so unless you were in certain areas with cameras, you weren’t going to be on camera,” she said. “‘Fight Girls’ was a little more laid back.

“They were just completely different experiences. For me, I wish I was a little more laid back on ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’ But at that time, everything was so new (on ‘Fight Girls’). It was a new experience, and I was happy to be there. I wasn’t really stressed out, and on ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ I was stressed because I was worried about things like them putting me taking my panties off on camera.

“I was trying to be on good behavior; apparently, that didn’t work out too well. But I was constantly in my mind thinking, ‘I hope that doesn’t look bad, or I hope I didn’t say that wrong.’ In ‘Fight Girls,’ I was just like whatever. I was me. On ‘TUF,’ I was me, but I thought about it more.”

She said even though there were no female camera operators on set, she couldn’t be self-conscious during the entire shoot, which led to some moments in which she revealed more than she might have otherwise.

“I was covered, but I wasn’t like, ‘Don’t look at me,'” Herrig said. “I’m not a shy person. I’m not like, ‘I want to take my panties off in front of you,’ but you can’t really help what they choose to air. You’re on 24/7, and that’s what they chose to air, for ratings I guess.”

Even others were surprised by what they did on camera. Carla Esparza (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), also a member of Team Pettis, was there when the cast played a “prank” by hanging their panties on the Team Pettis logo hanging on the wall on Wednesday’s episode.

“Originally, I was like, ‘There’s no way I’m putting my panties up there,’ so I don’t know,” she said. “We’ll see if mine went up.”

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