Conor McGregor gained’t be capable of combat earlier than assembly his USADA necessities.
‘The Infamous’ final fought in July 2021, dropping towards his rival Dustin Poirier for the second consecutive time. Not solely did he lose, however McGregor additionally suffered a ugly leg harm, resulting in a prolonged restoration. The previous two-division UFC champion is now planning to return in 2023. With that stated, there’s one factor standing in his approach.
ESPN reporter Marc Raimondi introduced on Twitter that McGregor hasn’t re-entered the USADA testing pool. He had this to say:
“Conor McGregor has not re-entered the USADA drug-testing pool as of right now, in keeping with the company. USADA reiterated that he would should be within the pool for six months and cross a minimum of two drug checks to compete once more within the UFC.”
Whereas recovering from his leg harm, McGregor exited the USADA testing. Since then, the 34-year-old filmed a Street Home remake film and located himself in some extra controversial headlines.
McGregor is totally recovered and able to make his Octagon return, however USADA requires six months of fresh drug checks. Within the meantime, ‘The Infamous’ will formally coach the subsequent season of The Final Fighter.
Is Conor McGregor teaching The Final Fighter due to his USADA necessities?
Dana White formally introduced that Conor McGregor will coach the thirty first season of The Final Fighter, with Michael Chandler as the opposite coach. On the finish of the season, ‘The Infamous’ and ‘Iron’ will combat in a highly-anticipated pay-per-view fundamental occasion.
Marc Raimondi mentioned the connection between McGregor’s USADA necessities and TUF timeline by saying:
“In fact, McGregor can nonetheless coach TUF with out being within the USADA drug-testing pool. There’s nonetheless time for him to re-enter the pool for a combat in late August or September after the TUF season airs, which is what I totally count on to occur.”
McGregor teaching TUF is a genius transfer by the UFC. He will get to construct hype for his return whereas slowly fulfilling his USADA necessities. TUF 30 would be the second time ‘The Infamous’ has coached the truth collection.
The previous two-division UFC champion appeared on TUF 22 alongside Urijah Faber, which was some of the entertaining seasons of the present. It’s unclear what weight class will likely be featured within the latest season.