Conor McGregor Faces 18-Month UFC Ban Ahead of Upcoming Bout

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00:00Well, Conor McGregor was slapped with an 18-month suspension, this from the UFC Anti-Doping Agency.

00:06They say the Irish fighter missed three attempted biological sample collections back in 2024.

00:12Now, the agency reduced McGregor's ban from 24 months to 18,

00:16which coincidentally would end before UFC's planned event on the White House lawn,

00:21all that President Trump said would take place on his birthday on June the 14th.

00:25Now, McGregor has been heavily campaigning to be included in the White House fight,

00:28which would be his first, Rene, in nearly five years.

00:31Yeah, and amidst those three samples within the course of a year is what leads to any sort of suspension,

00:37but it's actually between the months of June and September that he did not give his whereabouts

00:41so that they could do the random drug testing,

00:43and that is an issue with the program that they have in place for the fighters.

00:47So that suspension, allegedly around 24 months, was scaled back to 18 months

00:51after some negotiations and discussions with UFC.

00:54But as you touched on, this does have implications for the White House fight

00:59because Conor McGregor has been one actively talking about making his return for the first since 2021.

01:04He was supposed to come back last year but had a toe injury.

01:07So that date has been circled in the calendar for when we might see Conor McGregor in a UFC fight.

01:11He actually allegedly talked with Dana White and UFC specifically to make sure he could get his name

01:15on that ballot of fighters.

01:17So then here comes the suspension.

01:18It's like, what's next for Conor McGregor?

01:20And now it would make him have to, with that suspension running through March,

01:24have a very expedited short training process to get back involved.

01:28I don't know if he'll be able to pull it off.

01:30I don't know, but it will be interesting.