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conor mcgregor And controversy are words that have been tightly bound to each other since the emergence of the Irishman. ufcAn unbreakable link, perhaps, and those words look no closer to being unethical by the end of Tuesday. Because it was then that the news broke, suddenly, that McGregor received anti-doping ban,
McGregor’s aforementioned penchant for controversy meant that some met the news with an easy sigh and more than half a raise of eyebrows. Still, there was something disconcerting about seeing the words White, block capital, set against a black background“Conor McGregor accepts 18-month sanction for whereabouts failures under UFC anti-doping policy” (colors reversed, here).
yet, immediately, There were factors that softened the scandal of this revelation,
First, those words ‘whispers of failure’. So, to be clear, McGregor has not, to any knowledge, failed a drug test. Instead, the former two-weight champion has been punished for missing three drug tests—all in 2024, on June 13. September 19, and September 20.
Some may take their absence as a sign of guilt, yet it is not that simple. The UFC’s own statement read this way: “Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) stated that he was recovering from an injury and was not preparing for an upcoming fight at the time of the three missed tests. McGregor cooperated fully with CSAD’s investigation, accepted responsibility, and CSAD detailed information that CSAD contributed to.”
Indeed, McGregor suffered a broken toe in June 2024, derailing his planned comeback against Michael Chandler, and he hasn’t fought or even had a training camp since.
Secondly, McGregor’s 18-month ban was backdated to his last missed Test, i.e. 20 September 2024. This would have been a two-year ban, but “taking into account McGregor’s cooperation and the circumstances”, it was reduced. This simply means that, after initial gasps from some in the mixed martial arts fanbase, McGregor will be eligible to compete. June event planned at the White House,
Many have expressed doubt not only about the realism of the incident, and in particular the possibility of McGregor being involved. Progress has been made so far; UFC president Dana White, a friend of Donald Trump, has met with the US president, shared renderings of the Octagon on the South Lawn, and Got Mr. Trump to “Sign Off” on Various FactorsIn fact, Mr Trump said this week that the fight card would take place on June 14 – his birthday, no less.
Yet, somehow, McGregor’s involvement is less likely than the event itself. First of all, it’s been for less than a year Civil jury finds in favor of a woman who accused the fighter of rape in 2018Found liable for assault along with McGregor. It should be noted that he denies all the allegations against him, However an appeal against the decision failed in July,
In any case, the 37-year-old claimed he was Interact directly with the US government in one place on the White House CardUFC president White instead, and said his role on the card was “signed” and a “done deal”. While there is no word from Mr Trump’s office White insists fighter talks won’t begin until February,
One might have felt that McGregor, who announced his involvement while on Fox News, was simply trying to put pressure on the UFC. They did – to be taken even a step less seriously, of course – Payment of “$100M” and “100 US ‘Golden Visas’ On X.
Of course, his most important move this month was Stop your search for the Irish PresidencyLabeling the eligibility criteria a “straitjacket”. But even if the ‘significance’ of this decision could be challenged, McGregor’s chances of success were so slim as to be almost imperceptible.
So, where does this leave McGregor? This leaves him still awaiting a return to the UFC, four years on from his last fight, when he suffered a broken leg in the first round of his second consecutive loss. By the following June, his absence from the Octagon would have reached the five-year mark.
With that in mind, in a sport that is relatively young and rapidly evolving, what reason is there to believe that McGregor will produce the brutality of old in the White House, even if he were to feature?
At this point, the idea that McGregor will step into the cage next June, in front of the White House, President Trump, and millions of spectators, and add another highlight-reel knockout to his record, is far from over.
Of course, nothing is impossible, as McGregor showed during his prime. And the fact that his ban conveniently expires before the UFC’s planned White House event — provisionally, a sports moment on an incongruous scale? This could open the door to yet another frightening, but captivating, McGregor moment.