Conor McGregor took 2022 off after struggling a severe damage the earlier 12 months. In his trilogy struggle with Dustin Poirier, At UFC 264 McGregor broke his leg on Poirier’s elbow leading to a TKO loss (his second in a row to Poirier).
Initially it appeared as if the Irishman was focusing on a fast return to the cage. Nonetheless, because the months wore on it appeared apparent that he was extra targeted on having a very good time and attempting to get his foot within the door of Hollywood.
Not too long ago it was revealed that McGregor was the one UFC fighter to not be examined by USADA in 2022. Yesterday McGregor mentioned on Twitter that he’s resulting from full “two assessments” with USADA earlier than returning to competitors.
Twitter consumer @dimspace, an eagle-eyed watcher of all issues PED associated in MMA, famous how attention-grabbing it’s that McGregor introduced he can be taking two USADA assessments.
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24225605/Screenshot_2022_11_24_at_13_02_02_Dave_Dim_on_Twitter.png)
He then identified a clause in USADA’s coverage that stipulated that an athlete should submit two clear samples is that they have beforehand admitted to USADA that they’d taken a banned substance.
USADA has by no means claimed that McGregor has failed a check for PEDs or admitted to taking PEDs. McGregor has additionally by no means examined optimistic for PEDs in drug assessments administered by numerous athletic commissions over the course of his profession.
McGregor has fought for the UFC 4 occasions within the 4 years since he dipped into boxing to struggle Floyd Mayweather Jr. He has gone 1-3 within the Octagon over that span, dropping twice to Poirier, beating Donald Cerrone and dropping to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
