Conor McGregor suspended for 18 months

The Irishman, who has made his people connected UFC rings with his career, has recovered himself successful the spotlight this clip for violating the organization's anti-doping program. McGregor was suspended for 18 months nether UFC rules, but helium volition beryllium allowed to instrumentality to enactment successful aboriginal 2026.

Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD), the interior bureau liable for the UFC's anti-doping program, announced connected Tuesday that McGregor accepted the suspension aft repeatedly failing to supply mandatory biologic samples. 

"McGregor failed 3 biologic illustration postulation attempts successful a 12-month play during 2024, which is simply a usurpation of the UFC's anti-doping policy," the CSAD connection said. "UFC fighters are required to supply close whereabouts accusation astatine each times truthful that they tin beryllium contacted and independently tested without anterior notice."

McGregor missed tests connected June 13, September 19 and September 20, 2024, each of which was classified arsenic a “whereabouts failure.” 

However, the CSAD emphasizes that during that period, the 35-year-old was retired of contention owed to wounded and was not preparing for the combat erstwhile the tests were owed to beryllium taken. “McGregor afloat cooperated with the CSAD investigation, took work and provided elaborate accusation that, successful the CSAD’s assessment, contributed to the missed tests,” it continued.

Subtitle: Reason and punishment

“Despite these mitigating circumstances, the CSAD emphasizes that close whereabouts filings and the quality to behaviour unannounced tests are captious to the occurrence of the UFC’s anti-doping program. Taking into relationship McGregor’s practice and the circumstances, the CSAD has reduced the modular 24-month condemnation to 18 months,” the connection read. 

The suspension play began connected September 20, 2024, and volition tally until March 20, 2026, meaning the combatant volition beryllium eligible to vie astatine the UFC White House lawsuit successful precocious June of adjacent year.

Although known for assorted incidents passim his career, McGregor had immoderate justification this time, and his practice and work towards the probe facilitated a simplification successful the sentence. The Irishman tin present absorption connected returning to the octagon and continuing his awesome career.