UFC superstar Conor McGregor hasn’t been tested by USADA since the third quarter of 2021

By official accounts, former two-division champion Conor McGregor hasn’t been topic to a USADA drug check because the third quarter of 2021. The ‘Infamous’ UFC celebrity has spent the final yr sitting on the sidelines as he recovers from a damaged leg suffered within the first spherical of his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier final July.

McGregor returned to sparring in April of this yr and teased a July 2022 return. Nonetheless, the longtime SBG Eire expertise’s current function within the upcoming Highway Home reboot, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, seems to have pushed that anticipated re-entry to the UFC all the way in which again to 2023.

Within the meantime, with all this time on the sidelines spent rehabbing, it appears the UFC’s drug testing associate has taken a again seat in the case of watching over the fighter’s shoulder.

McGregor’s testing historical past in accordance with USADA is as follows:

2015: 8
2016: 11
2017: 6
2018: 11
2019: 7
2020: 8
2021: 11
2022: 0

Breaking down these 2021 numbers a bit additional—for a yr the place McGregor fought as soon as in January and as soon as in July—it appears like USADA largely stepped away as soon as he began rehab:

Quarter 1: 4
Quarter 2: 6
Quarter 3: 1
Quarter 4: 0

Bloody Elbow did attain out to USADA, who confirmed “that our Athlete Check Historical past is correct” in reguards to their posted on-line data being updated and full.

For the sake of comparability, different fighters who’ve been inactive as lengthy (or longer) than McGregor have the next 2022 testing historical past:

Yana Kunitskaya: 3 (most up-to-date combat – July 10, 2021)
Tanner Boser: 4 (most up-to-date combat – June 26, 2021)
Warlley Alves: 4 (most up-to-date combat – June 26, 2021)
Daniel Pineda: 4 (most up-to-date combat – June 26, 2021)
Julia Avila: 3 (most up-to-date combat – June 26, 2021)
Kanako Murata: 3 (most up-to-date combat – June 19, 2021)
Jon Jones: 3 (most up-to-date combat – February 8, 2020)
David Teymur: 2 (most up-to-date combat – February 2, 2019)
Urijah Faber: 4 (most up-to-date combat – December 14, 2019)
Travis Browne: 3 (most up-to-date combat – July 8, 2017)

USADA deferred to the UFC when requested if McGregor is at present enrolled within the UFC/USADA testing program. The UFC and McGregor’s administration firm haven’t replied to an inquiry concerning McGregor’s standing within the promotion’s drug testing pool as of publication time. This story will probably be up to date if we obtain a response.