The sparring footage is from the Straight Blast Gym in Ireland, although the timeline cannot be determined. In one of the clips, McGregor lands a spinning side kick to the face followed by a flying knee to the chest of his sparring partner.
Taking a dig at the Irishman’s recent drug-testing record, a fan jokingly asked if he had treated USADA the same way when they showed up. @IliieTurtles007 wrote:
McGregor has not been tested since the third quarter of 2021, with the UFC refusing to comment on the Irishman’s status in their testing pool. Other users on Twitter slammed the former two-division champion, with one even lableling his form as ‘stiff’.
Conor McGregor looks a much leaner version of himself in the sparring videos compared to the bulked-up version we recently saw on his social media posts. Several fans pinned down the video to be old and conjectured about the potential timeline.
USADA’s response to Conor McGregor not being tested in 2022
According to a report by TSN, Conor McGregor is the only fighter on the active UFC roster who has not been tested by USADA in 2022, barring fighters signed after August 2021. Answering a TSN inquiry, USADA provided a statement although they refused to name any athletes.
USADA explained that a returning UFC athlete must be in the testing pool for at least six months before being allowed to compete. However, they further revealed that the promotion can grant an exemption for the six-month time period in case of special cases.
USADA specified that according to UFC norms, an athlete must have a minimum of two negative test results in order to compete. Part of the statement read:
0 votes
