The Irish fighter, disqualified for having skipped three checks in 2024, can however return to the eighth from March 2026, just in time for the most important appointment …
As per the script, or almost. Conor McGregor, mixed martial arts superstar, was disqualified for 18 months for having missed three anti -doping checks in 2024, the notorious Whereabout (athletes are required to communicate their movements at any time to be reached in case of test). This was announced by the CSAD (Combat Sport Anti Doping), the anti -doping agency that the UFC, the main world promotion of MMA. The suspension from the competitive activity that was initially 24 months, was instead reduced to 18 because the 37 -year -old was ascertained, collaborated in the investigation and at that time he was recovering from an accident. But there is more.
to the White House
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Yes, because the disqualification, backdated in September 2024, the month of the last missed test, will expire on March 20, 2026. Three months before the most important UFC event ever wanted by the President of the United States Donald Trump and which will be held on the day of his birthday, on June 14, in the White House. The former champion, who has not been fighting since 2021 (defeated in Las Vegas from Dustin Poirier after breaking a tibia), will then be able to enter the cage. His was one of the top names that was talked about for an unprecedented appointment, “celebratory” for the 250 years of independence of the States to whom he keeps the tycoon so much would have lost most of his appeal. “We will make an UFC event on the ground of the White House. We will have an entire UFC card, a title that is the title, 20-25 thousand people present and everything will be part of the celebrations of the 250th anniversary”, these are Trump’s words published on his social networks to announce the super event.