Controversial UFC star Conor McGregor has been suspended for 18 months by the UFC anti-doping program Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) for violating the UFC’s Anti-Doping Policy.

In its announcement, CSAD said the Irish fighter missed three attempted biological sample collections during a 12-month period in 2024 and that constituted a violation of anti-doping policy.

The suspension began retroactively on Sept. 20, 2024 and will run through March 20, 2026.

Conor McGregor signing autographs as he leaves the Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day in New York City in September. Santi Ramales / BACKGRID

The missed testing dates occurred on June 13, Sept. 19 and Sept. 20, 2024, and were all classified by the CSAD as “Whereabouts Failures,” though the announcement noted that McGregor had been recove

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