Conor McGregor is almost done recovering from a horrific leg break injury and looking to get a fight booked in February 2023. Now the big question is whether USADA will force him to wait another six months as he re-integrates into their drug testing pool, or if “The Notorious” will earn a special exemption from that process.
McGregor’s injuries were certainly serious enough to justify pulling the fighter from drug testing so doctors could throw every regenerative treatment available at the leg. And in theory, we can agree that athletes coming back from year plus injuries shouldn’t have to sit out an extra six months. But in reality, you just have to look at McGregor’s rehab physique to know why he doesn’t deserve an exemption. The dude is jacked. Yoked. And not natty, according to bro scientists across the internet.
Joe Rogan didn’t dance around it on the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. He had on PED expert Derek from ‘More Plates More Dates,’ and they discussed McGregor’s 20+ pound muscle gain extensively.
“He’s taking his shirt off and posing constantly and he looks like his piss would melt that USADA cup,” Rogan said. “Like it would just like burn a hole right through the bottom of that USADA cup.”
“I did a whole deep dive video on what I think he could be doing,” Derek said. “And I think for any individual that doesn’t pass the eye test, he’d definitely be one of those individuals. But I wouldn’t boil it down to that, he could be a hyper-outlier individual for sure. And I would never want to make a definitive statement. I think it’s highly probable that he’s done certain things for sure.”
Derek noted that McGregor had recently made some curious comments regarding the USADA withdrawal.
“It almost seemed like he was justifying drug use at some point,” he said. “He was like ‘You don’t know what this is like.’ ‘I took myself out of the [USADA] pool, everything’s on board.’ And it was very suggestive of ‘This was within the rules and I had to do it, and f— you if you don’t agree with my decision.’”
“The weird thing is that there is a loophole in USADA that allows you to get out of the testing pool,” Rogan said. “It seems weird and you just need six months. If someone had an injury though, that’s a very wise way to approach it right?”
“HGH, peptides, androgens are very restorative, like they’ll reinforce bone mineral density,” Derek said. “Like, there’s certain stuff that’s going to stay in the system for a long time he could never use, but anything pro-bone integrity, I would be highly incentivized, if I was him and I wasn’t being tested, I’d be pushing that vector hard.”
It remains extremely unclear how the UFC and USADA will handle McGregor’s return. If he re-enters the USADA testing pool in February but doesn’t get an exemption, that means no McGregor until August 2023. That’s certainly not going to make ESPN and Disney too happy, given how much McGregor has spurred subscriber growth every time he fights.
He hasn’t been near the best since he left 145. Maybe he should’ve joined a spin class or bought a treadmill instead of roiding
Nate was talking about his teammates Gilbert Melendez and Jake Shields.
Nate popped too. They dusted it under the rug
McGregor (22-6 MMA) last fought Dustin Poirier (29-7 MMA) in July of 2021 at UFC 264. It was ‘The Diamond’ who would come out victorious via way of TKO. It would be the 2nd loss in a row to Poirier as the two met earlier in 2021 at UFC 257.
The Irishman has actually only had 4 fights in the Octagon since 2018 and only 1 of those ended up in a win.
It was during a ‘More Plates More Dates’ podcast that Rogan discussed the biggest factor behind the ‘demise’ of the Irishman saying (h/t Sportskeeda):
“I wonder, you know, it could just be inactivity too. Inactivity is probably one of the bigger factors in his demise, maybe even more so than just the silk sheets. Like he said that after the Dustin Poirier fight, when Poirier knocked him out.”
According to various sources, McGregor will be making his return to the cage in 2023. However, in order to return to the Octagon, he will have to undergo testing by the USADA for a minimum of 6 months.
It was during an earlier podcast that the 55 year old Rogan spoke of McGregor and steroid use:
“He’s taking his shirt off and posing constantly and he looks like his piss would melt that USADA cup. Like it would just like burn a hold right to the bottom of that USADA cup… The weird thing is that there is a loophole in USADA that allows you to get out of the testing pool. It seems weird and you just need six months. If someone’s had an injury though, that’s a very wise way to approach it right?”
It’s true that following the loss to Poirier, McGregor has been posting to social media his recovery from leg surgery, his training and his immaculate physique. ‘Notorious’ has also been posting about his parties, yaught excursions and new found actor status in the upcoming remake of ‘Roadhouse’.
Do you agree with Joe Rogan that ‘inactivity’ will be McGregor’s demise within the UFC? Are you looking forward to the Irishman’s return to the Octagon and who would like like to see him fight next?
If he’s on steroids he needs more quality stuff. His shoulders are tiny and he lacks definition.
I think he’s been eating and drinking a lot, and he has aged. After mid thirties you need to start taking care of yourself, adhere to a good diet, exercise, take vitamins, maybe a bit of TRT.
Instead he’s been boozing. He’s still in an incredible shape compared to an average person but he is not in a fighting shape. Poirier would wreck him and as funny as it may sound Chandler would probably have a better gas tank than him and beat him with volume.
There is literally nothing preventing Conor from roiding up while out of the USADA pool. In fact it’s precisely why he got out.
So he can be a retired roider?
I see it. He shaved!!