Jorge Masvidal accuses Conor McGregor of utilizing performance-enhancing medicine throughout his time away.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns in a welterweight bout towards Michael Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) within the UFC 303 headliner June 29 in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
McGregor will compete for the primary time since breaking his leg in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021. He proceeded to take away himself from the U.S. Anti-Doping Company drug-testing pool, and solely re-entered this previous October – the identical time the UFC introduced their break up with USADA. The UFC’s anti-doping partnership with USADA formally ended Jan. 1, 2024.
USADA CEO Travis Tygart claimed that the connection between USADA and the UFC soured because of the UFC not wanting McGregor to adjust to the necessary rule of six months testing earlier than he returns to competitors, which UFC govt vice chairman and chief enterprise officer Hunter Campbell vehemently denied. As of 2024, pattern collections are carried out by Drug Free Sport Worldwide, with administration and sanctioning overseen independently by Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping (CSAD).
Masvidal thinks the entire scenario is fishy.
“They each search for methods to stop, so who’s going to stop first, proper?” Masvidal informed the “TimboSugarShow” podcast on McGregor vs. Chandler. “How a lot juice is Conor on, too?
“That’s one other query, as a result of that motherf*cker needed to wait until USADA left to return again and compete with all of us. Whereas all of us have been coaching and getting examined, this motherf*cker was clearly on some sh*t as we are able to see by his f*cking film.”
Masvidal in the end picked McGregor to get his hand raised in his return.
“I feel I lean in direction of Conor, nevertheless it’s not likely set in stone,” Masvidal stated. “Half of them tweets, he’s out of his thoughts. You understand, cocaine’s a hell of a drug as a result of he be writing some sh*t that makeundefined no rattling sense.”
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