Conor McGregor drops hint at UFC comeback

Posted on : 10/05/2023
Conor McGregor drops hint at UFC comeback
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Conor McGregor drops hint at UFC return after suggesting that he is FINALLY back in the USADA testing pool

  • Conor McGregor has been out of action since breaking his leg back in July 2021
  • The Irishman has appeared to suggest that he is back in the USADA testing pool
  • If true, then he could return in time for the landmark UFC 300 event in April 

Conor McGregor appears to have taken a major step back towards a UFC return by suggesting that he is back in the USADA testing pool. 

The Irishman has been out of the Octagon since July 2021, when he suffered a broken leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. 

McGregor has been back sparring and training for several months, with a return bout against Michael Chandler proposed, after coaching a series of The Ultimate Fighter against each other.  

However, McGregor had been out of the USADA pool since the third quarter of 2021 and must complete six months of random drug testing with UFC’s official anti-doping partner before being cleared to fight – ruling out a fight this year.

The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion though has appeared to suggest that he has finally back in the pool.

Conor McGregor has thrown a hint that at a potential UFC comeback on social media

In a post on Instagram, he wrote: ‘Find my targets. Hit them. F*** the consequences. You’re going down.

‘This is fighting. Sparring day with slick @grozdevnikolay. 

‘Always a banger of a spar with the slick fella. Submitted my stuff to (Jeff) Novitzky. Ball rolling. 

‘See you soon you little light work b****.’

Novitzky is the senior vice president of Athlete Health and Performance for the UFC – who helps with USADA testing. 

The USADA has in the past rejected previous comments from McGregor which had also appeared to suggest he was back in the pool.  

If McGregor has re-enrolled, then he could be eligible to fight in April 2024 – when UFC 300 will take place.

Chandler told the MMA Hour, as per MMAfighting.com, that he is confident a bout with McGregor will take place.

The Irishman has not competed inside the octagon since breaking his leg at UFC 264 in 2021

If he has re-enrolled onto the testing pool, he could potentially return in time for UFC 300

Michael Chandler (right) is still confident that he will fight McGregor, saying it would ‘make a lot of sense with a ‘historic card coming up’

He said: ‘The status is, unequivocally, the fight is still happening. The fight is not booked for a date, the fight is not booked for a venue, but the fight is booked.

‘There’s no way Conor comes back and doesn’t fight me. If Conor doesn’t fight me, he’s probably just not coming back, and that’s out of my control. He’s coming back, he’s fighting me.

‘At this point, by deductive reasoning, by process of elimination, there’s a main event in December, there’s a main event in November, we’re not going to not be a main event, so that pushes it into 2024.

‘I’m ready to fight in January, February, March, April, May, whatever. We’ll see. Obviously, it makes a lot of sense that there’s a very historic card coming up with the UFC. I haven’t been told that’s when it’s going to be, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s when it is. And if it is, I’ve got more and more time to prepare.’

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