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Former champion missed three tests last year
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Conor McGregor has been handed an 18-month suspension for violating the UFC’s anti-doping policy after missing three attempted tests last year, Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) announced on Tuesday. “McGregor missed three attempted biological sample collections within a 12-month period in 2024, which constitutes a violation of the UFC ADP [anti-doping policy],” the CSAD said in a statement.
The missed collections occurred on 13 June, 19 and 20 September 2024, and were each recorded as whereabouts failures. The sanction runs through to 20 March 2026. CSAD noted McGregor was recovering from an injury and not in fight preparation during the missed collections, and that he fully cooperated with the inquiry, accepted responsibility and supplied information that explained the circumstances.
