Overview
- UFC said Tuesday that McGregor was tested 19 times over the past two years, including 12 tests in 2026, and that he remained in contact with the organization and complied with its drug program.
- McGregor told the Ariel Helwani Show on Tuesday that he removed himself from the testing pool during his 2021 recovery, followed his doctors' prescriptions, did not ask what he was given, and later re-entered testing.
- The New York Times reported last week that McGregor left the USADA testing pool during rehab and either used banned substances or sought a therapeutic use exemption to speed bone healing, an allegation the fighter and UFC dispute.
- UFC denied any link between McGregor and its decision to end the USADA partnership and announced new testing partners named Drug Free Sport, Combat Sports Anti-Doping, and SMRTL laboratories.
- No public positive test has been disclosed so far, but the competing accounts heighten scrutiny of how exemptions and out-of-competition testing are handled and could affect public trust as McGregor prepares to fight in July.