Conor McGregor Comments On Alleged PED Use While Recovering From Injury

Conor McGregor broke his tibia in July 2021 in a fight against Dustin Poirier. The injury has sidelined him for five years, but he is scheduled to return to the Octagon in July 2026 to fight Max Holloway.

On June 11, a report from the New York Times was published alleging that McGregor took banned substances while he was sidelined, citing the fact that he took himself out of the USADA testing pool.

The UFC-USADA relationship fell apart at the end of 2024 with USADA feeling that UFC was protecting McGregor.

Appearing on the Ariel Helwani Show, McGregor commented on the report.

“Shocking. Shocking. A man’s private medical and the most devastating injury that you’ve seen in combat sports. The whole thing is strange to me. You have an injury like that, you’re not going to walk again. The objective should be to get that fighter, who has given his livlihood for the entertainment of the people and the profit of the company, it should be to get this man back on his feet. That was not the case. Not with the UFC, but with the former body [USADA]. I find that strange and wrong,” he said.

McGregor said all he cared about was how he would walk again.

“If a doctor is prescribing certain medications or things, otherwise you’re not going to walk again, there is a 20% chance the leg doesn’t join together again. That’s what is at stake. Fuck this fighting game. I took myself out of the [testing] pool, listened to my doctors, didn’t ask questions. I don’t want to know. All I want to know is what is going to get me back to my feet. That was it,” he said.

McGregor said he’s been tested 15 times this year.

The UFC released a statement on the matter, which fans can read here.

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