Of course it was staged. Looks like a shit pantomime. Camera men ready with cameras rolling inside & out of the bus as well as in Dana Whites office. I've seen better acting on that Lizard Licks Repo or whatever the fuck that pretend reality American programme is called. Embarrassing and cringy. I expect better from UFC but it is American at the end of the day.
I'm not really that well up on UFC, but it did all look a bit set up.