Conor McGregor has received an 18-month suspension under the UFC’s anti-doping policy, but he’ll be cleared to return to action in early 2026. On Tuesday, Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) — the in-house agency that runs the UFC’s anti-doping program— announced that McGregor accepted the 18-month sanction after repeated failures to submitted testing samples as required by athletes under contract with …
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Conor McGregor given 18-month ban for breaking UFC’s anti-doping rules | Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor has been handed an 18-month suspension for violating the UFC’s anti-doping policy after missing three attempted tests last year, Combat Sports Anti-Doping announced on Tuesday. “McGregor missed three attempted biological sample collections within a 12-month period in 2024, which constitutes a violation of the UFC ADP [anti-doping policy],” CSAD said in a statement. The missed collections occurred on …
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Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) announced today that Conor McGregor, of Dublin, Ireland, has accepted an 18-month period of ineligibility for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy (UFC ADP). McGregor missed three attempted biological sample collections within a 12-month period in 2024, which constitutes a violation of the UFC ADP. UFC athletes are required to provide accurate whereabouts information at …
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