Conor
McGregor finally appears to have taken a step towards returning
to the Octagon.
“Notorious” has been out of action for over two years since
suffering a broken leg in his trilogy bout against Dustin
Poirier. While he has been training and sparring for a while
now, the former two-division champion has yet to re-enter the
United States Anti-Doping Agency testing pool, from which he has
been missing since the third quarter of 2021.
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The Irishman could seek an exemption from the mandatory six-month
testing window that USADA has in place for testing athletes.
Brock
Lesnar received such clearance in July of 2016 to compete at
UFC 200. However, the testing agency has maintained so far that
McGregor will need to undergo the six-month testing window in
addition to submitting two clean samples to be eligible for a
return.
Meanwhile,
Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White has redirected
all questions regarding McGregor’s situation to UFC Senior Vice
President of Athlete Health and Performance, Jeff Novitzky.
McGregor (22-6), who keeps teasing a return to the Octagon, now
claims to have taken things forward with Novitzky on Instagram:
“Find my targets. Hit them. Fu*k 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 Novitzky. Ball rolling ⚽️ see you soon you little light work
bit*h.”