Conor McGregor Fitted In ‘That Category’: UFC News: UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier believes that if Conor McGregor is permitted to compete before the end of 2023, USADA would have a problem on its hands. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSports.IN.
McGregor has not yet rejoined USADA’s testing pool. In fact, the “Notorious” one didn’t return to the pool in time to compete this year since he missed the deadline. Dana White, the president of the UFC, is known to have said, “Who cares what USADA says,” yet he denies saying it even though it was captured on camera.
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USADA Exemption For Conor McGregor By Ex-UFC Double Champ
Recently, Daniel Cormier posted on his YouTube account to discuss his opinions on the Conor McGregor and USADA controversy.
“There really is no base amount of test that you have to take in order to be eligible,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “It’s not like they say it’s six clean tests before you can fight. They may test McGregor more and maybe it’s not six months, maybe its three months and he takes as many tests as he needs to in order to be cleared to fight.”
Cormier said that he thinks it would be a grave error for USADA to grant Conor McGregor a waiver so that he could compete this year merely on the basis of his fame.
Conor McGregor Fitted In ‘That Category’ For USADA Exemption By Ex-UFC Double Champ
“Here’s where the issue becomes: You make that exception, then how do you implement this rule for the rest of the people?” Cormier said. “We’ve seen exceptions before, and generally, they are for the most high-profile and best fighters in the world, which – Conor McGregor does fit into that category.”
It goes without saying that the UFC’s year-end pay-per-view would include McGregor vs. Michael Chandler as the main event in a perfect world. It remains to be seen if the UFC will get its way.
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