If Conor McGregor does not enter the USADA testing pool in the next 48 hours, fans may not expect him to return to the octagon this year.
The star Irishman has two days to pass the first doping test, and after six months of checks, go to battle with Michael Chandler, who, theoretically, can still head the final event of the strongest league in the world, scheduled for the end of the year.
According to the calendar, the organization will close 2023 with UFC 296 on December 16.
Currently, the former double UFC champion appears on screen every week as the coach of the next season of TUF, where his team competes with the team of the former Bellator title holder. The show is shown in Russian by the Kinopoisk online cinema.
Earlier, representatives of the US Anti-Doping Agency once again publicly stated that Conor McGregor must undergo a full six-month period of doping tests, pass two clean tests, and only after that he will be allowed to fight, and UFC president, Dana White, ten days ago and made it clear that the coaching match between McGregor and Chandler might not take place.
The last time 34-year-old Conor McGregor entered the octagon was in July 2021, having suffered a severe leg fracture in his third fight with Dustin Poirier.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/31817-u-konora-makgregora-48-chasov-chtoby-prinyat-vazhnoe-reshenie.html?rand=19907
