Former two-division champion Conor McGregor returns to motion on June 29 within the UFC 303 most important occasion towards Michael Chandler. It is going to be the primary time he is stepped foot contained in the octagon since July 2021.
McGregor suffered a damaged leg within the last moments of the opening spherical in his trilogy struggle with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. In his three years away from the game, McGregor has recovered from the harm and made his movement image debut within the remake of the 1989 traditional ‘Street Home.’ He additionally went by a dramatic physique transformation.
Throughout more often than not exterior of competitors, McGregor wasn’t being examined for efficiency enhancing medicine. He finally re-entered the testing pool 27 months after breaking his leg and was particularly talked about within the very public cut up between the UFC and USADA.
“We are able to affirm that Conor McGregor has re-entered the USADA testing pool as of Sunday, October 8, 2023. We’ve been clear and agency with the UFC that there needs to be no exception given by the UFC for McGregor to struggle till he has returned two unfavourable exams and been within the pool for at the very least six months. The foundations additionally permit USADA to maintain somebody within the testing pool longer earlier than competing based mostly on their declarations upon entry within the pool and testing outcomes,” USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart stated in a press release asserting the cut up between the struggle promotion and the anti-doping company.
Taking all of that into consideration, the unique ‘BMF,’ Jorge Masvidal, believes McGregor was on PEDs and might be nonetheless on them.
“How a lot juice is Conor on too? That is one other query too as a result of that motherf***er needed to wait till USADA left to return again on this b*tch and compete with all of us,” Masvidal stated on Sean O’Malley’s YouTube channel. “Whereas all of us was coaching and getting examined, this motherf***er was clearly on some sh*t as we may see by the f***ing films.”
McGregor’s return at UFC 303 at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas has already set data. It surpassed a $20 million gate over a month upfront, making it the best gate within the promotion’s historical past.