Conor McGregor has accepted an 18-month period of ineligibility following a violation of the UFC’s Anti-Doping policy.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the UFC confirmed McGregor missed three attempted biological sample collections within a 12-month period in 2024.
His period of ineligibility began on September 20, 2024 and will conclude on March 20, 2026 – meaning he’d be eligible to fight at the White House event on June 14.
The statement read: ‘Although McGregor failed to make himself available for testing on those dates, CSAD noted that he was recovering from an injury and was not preparing for an upcoming fight at the time of the three missed tests.
‘McGregor fully cooperated with CSAD’s investigation, accepted responsibility, and provided detailed information that CSAD determined contributed to the missed tests.
‘Taking McGregor’s cooperation and circumstances into account, CSAD reduced the standard 24-month sanction for three whereabouts failures by six months.
‘His period of ineligibility began on September 20, 2024 (the date of his third whereabouts failure) and will conclude on March 20, 2026.
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