McGregor Pops Back Up In USADA Testing Database

The Irish sports star reported that USADA tested him twice, and now we have McGregor’s name showing up in their official drug testing database.

The Mac is back to getting drug tested.

Conor McGregor has spent the last two and a half years nursing a badly broken leg. The injury he sustained against Dustin Poirier in July 2021 was so bad it prompted “The Notorious” to technically retire so he could step outside the USADA drug testing program and receive better treatment for his injury.

Talk of a McGregor return has been pervasive for the past six months, but before Conor could step back into the cage he had to jump back in the USADA pool. He took his time with it, but he’s finally back. In the latest update to USADA’s drug-testing website, Conor McGregor shows up as having been tested.

According to USADA’s database, an agent took three samples from the Irish sports star in one session. According to McGregor, they tested him twice in one day and took six samples.

“I was tested two separate times yesterday, and within an hour of each other,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Blood and urine. 3 samples of each were requested and given in both instances. They came aboard my yacht. I welcomed them. Gave them a can of Forged Stout and a Proper Whiskey. Life is good.”

There’s been a lot of comments on McGregor’s changed physique, and more than a few accusations that he was certainly using PEDs while outside of USADA’s purview. Even USADA itself suggested in an unusual statement that McGregor had used “experimental, unapproved peptides or testosterone.” Those comments may be at the heart of a potential upcoming lawsuit between USADA, the UFC, and / or McGregor.

All this comes as the UFC prepares to break ties with USADA at the end of 2023 and run their own program in partnership with Drug Free Sport International. USADA claims this is because they refused to allow McGregor to skip a six month drug testing period before competing. UFC insists they never asked for an exemption, and claims they told USADA multiple times that McGregor would go through the standard onboarding process.

Will USADA hammer McGregor with tests the same way they have with other fighters like Paulo Costa and Jiri Prochazka? We wouldn’t put it past them, they sound pretty salty about the whole situation. Not like it would bother McGregor, he’s used to the extra attention. As he rose up the UFC ranks, he became one of the most tested fighters on the roster.

“Where is my USADA over 50 clean tests completed jacket?” he asked in April 2021 after a contentious back-and-forth in the media with USADA. “I want to wipe my ass with it.”