As strange as it sounds, Conor McGregor who consecutively teases his comeback in the octagon, has not received a drug test by USADA for more than a year. As a comparison, other ‘inactive’ sportspeople get the USADA tests at least once each quarter.
Conor McGregor spent the last year sitting and partying around, recovering from the leg injury he sustained during his most recent match against Dustin Poirier, last July.
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However, as of April, he is active in the gym. He is actively sparing and weight training. However, he is not preparing for the UFC. Conor revealed that he is focused on a greater project than his UFC career, so that is why he pushed his return for next year. McGregor is to take place in the Hollywood movie, ‘Road House’, where he will appear next to Jake Gyllenhaal.
According to official documents, the ex-two-division UFC champion hasn’t been avoiding USADA for more than a year. The organization doesn’t respond to people’s reactions to this. There is no comment from McGregor as well.
Conor McGregor has been a subject to USADA tests approximately 8 times per year for the last 7 years. Basically during his whole UFC career. However, we see a sudden stop in 2022. According to Bloody Elbow, there is no space for mistakes in the official data of USADA. They claim that all the data in the Athlete Test History list is up to date.
As a comparison, there is a list of fighters that are inactive for a long time but get regular tests. For example, the USADA tested Yana Kunitskaya 3 times even though she hadn’t fought for more than a year. Tanner Boser got the USADA test 4 times. Jon Jones, who is inactive since February 2020 has been a subject of a USADA test three times, etc.
At the moment there The Overtimer doesn’t have information if Conor McGregor is even in the USADA testing program. There has been no comment on this from the UFC, nor USADA. If the Notorious has dropped out from the USADA program, it means that his return to the UFC is postponed indefinitely.
This is not a suggestion that Conor McGregor is taking any PEDs. However, it is an indication that he puts his UFC career aside and is focusing on something else.
As a result, when he decides to come back to the UFC, he will be unable to do so immediately. He will need to pass six months of intensifying tests by the USADA before he can consider entering the octagon.
