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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Ji?í Procházka has had one positive outcome as a result of vacating the title due to a serious shoulder injury. Procházka was supposed to face Glover Teixeira at UFC 282 before withdrawing from the fight. The UFC w…
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Ji?í Procházka has had one positive outcome as a result of vacating the title due to a serious shoulder injury. Procházka was supposed to face Glover Teixeira at UFC 282 before withdrawing from the fight. The UFC went on to book Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev for the vacant belt,…
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Former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight championship challenger, Chael Sonnen has backed former duel-weight champion, Conor McGregor as a “clean” athlete amid certain controversy regarding his absense from the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) testing pool – speculating that the Dubliner exited due to “logistical reasons” to boot. Sonnen, a former middleweight and light heavyweight […]
Former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight championship challenger, Chael Sonnen has backed former duel-weight champion, Conor McGregor as a “clean” athlete amid certain controversy regarding his absense from the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) testing pool – speculating that the Dubliner exited due to “logistical reasons” to boot.
Sonnen, a former middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger under the banner of the UFC, called time on his professional mixed martial arts career back in 2019, suffering a knockout loss to former UFC light heavyweight champion, Lyoto Machida when both competed under the Bellator MMA banner.
As for McGregor, the 34-year-old has yet to compete professionally since July of last year, fracturing his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. And in the time since, Conor McGregor has yet to be subject to anti-doping testing by UFC partners, USADA – leading to those within the community, including contender, Anthony Smith, to suggest the Dubliner has been utilizing performance-enhancing drugs to recover from his leg injury.
However, according to Sonnen, Conor McGregor likely exited the testing pool due to his plans to travel amid his period of recovery as well as film scenes for the upcoming release of Roadhouse – which he holds a lead role in, as well as claiming the former duel-weight best is a “clean” athlete.
“Conor’s (McGregor) clean,” Chael Sonnen told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour. “He’s been trolling, he’s been having fun with people. Come on – a guy doesn’t go out and do a crime and then document the crime. Conor put the pictures out. He’s having fun with people. He’s clean.”
“I will tell you, I believe Conor left the pool,” Chael Sonnen explained. “He’s never been clear on this. I believe he left because of logistical reasons. The whereabouts clause in violation of having to let someone know where you are 24/7/365, right, if you’re not where you said you’re going to be, it’s a mark and if you get three marks in a calendar year it’s an instant fail…”
“I just bring for you that if he was off doing Roadhouse and medication and he knew he wasn’t going to fight anyway and he just didn’t want to keep up on the organizational side of it, I think that he made the right decision. I think Conor McGregor is having fun with people, making them think that he’s on some form of anabolics.”
A representative of USADA has revealed Conor McGregor is unlikely to receive an exemption from re-entering the testing pool for six months before he will be allowed to compete. Conor McGregor had yet to provide a sample to USADA during the entire course of 2022 as the Irishman was recovering from his complete leg fracture […]
A representative of USADA has revealed Conor McGregor is unlikely to receive an exemption from re-entering the testing pool for six months before he will be allowed to compete.
Conor McGregor had yet to provide a sample to USADA during the entire course of 2022 as the Irishman was recovering from his complete leg fracture which he suffered in the summer of 2021.
Speculation surrounded why McGregor had not contributed a sample to USADA like all active competitors are required to do to be cleared for competition. Alongside this McGregor had improved his physique substantially whilst being away from the cage causing followers of the sport to question the legitimacy of the former two-division champions’ recovery.
Most recently to question his recovery was UFC light heavyweight contender, Anthony Smith who claims that McGregor had removed himself from the testing pool to use PEDs in order to help speed up his recovery.
McGregor did not take kindly to the comments from the former light heavyweight title challenger and took to his social media to respond.
“This rat spoke to Weidman who’d the same horrific injury and is having severe complications still, is bothered that I was able to heal/return to a normal way of life. He, like many other rats in my game, would be happier if I wasn’t able to play with my children the same again.”
Despite what fellow fighters and followers of the sport may speculate, it all boils down to how USADA views Conor McGregor’s absence. Recently USADA director of communications, Averi Walker, has revealed that ‘The Notorious’ would still be required to re-enter the testing pool for a minimum of six months before he would be sanctioned to compete.
“McGregor is not enrolled in our testing pool and would have to be for six months unless an exception is granted, which we do not think would be applicable.” (Transcribed by BloodyElbow)
Given this testing period, McGregor would be in theory cleared to return to competition in August 2023 provided he does enter the pool in February as suggested.
What do you make of Conor McGregor’s absence from the USADA testing pool?
It seems like Conor McGregor is ready to fight again and is prepared to take the necessary steps to do so. There was some interest in the fact that McGregor was the only active fighter on the UFC roster to not have been drug tested by USADA in 2022. Th…
It seems like Conor McGregor is ready to fight again and is prepared to take the necessary steps to do so. There was some interest in the fact that McGregor was the only active fighter on the UFC roster to not have been drug tested by USADA in 2022. This then led to the revelation…
Continue Reading Conor McGregor Reveals Plans To Re-Enter USADA Testing Pool at MMA News.
Ji?í Procházka’s recent visits from USADA prompted the UFC’s light heavyweight champion to ask a few questions about the organization’s testing procedures. The 30-year-old is currently preparing to make the first defense of his light heavyw…
Ji?í Procházka’s recent visits from USADA prompted the UFC’s light heavyweight champion to ask a few questions about the organization’s testing procedures. The 30-year-old is currently preparing to make the first defense of his light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 282 in December. Procházka will be facing former champion Glover Teixeira in…
Continue Reading Ji?í Procházka Questioned Frequency Of USADA Testing at MMA News.
A report has revealed some startling numbers in regard to the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s testing of UFC athletes in 2022. Since 2015, the UFC has partnered with USADA in a bid to ensure that the integrity of the sport is upheld. That mean…
A report has revealed some startling numbers in regard to the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s testing of UFC athletes in 2022. Since 2015, the UFC has partnered with USADA in a bid to ensure that the integrity of the sport is upheld. That means that members of the promotion’s roster are subjected to random testing…
Continue Reading Report Reveals UFC Champion Leads 2022 Testing Tally By 36 at MMA News.