CONOR MCGREGOR has responded to reports he’s been “REMOVED” from the UFC roster.
A prominent and highly accurate automated tracker of mixed martial arts’ premier promotion’s massive stable of fighters posted on X that the Irishman had been removed from the roster.
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The post sent shockwaves throughout the MMA world, with fans aghast at McGregor’s apparent departure from the UFC.
But in a brief chat with veteran reporter Ariel Helwani, he denied no longer being with the promotion.
Helwani wrote on X: “Conor McGregor HAS NOT parted ways with the UFC.
“Both @TheNotoriousMMA and his team confirmed this to me.”
McGregor, 37, took a major step to returning to the octagon last month by re-entering the UFC’s drug testing pool and submitting a sample to them.
And his first test has come back negative for any banned substances.
Helwani added: “He also confirmed he is back in the pool, has submitted tests and all have come back clean. ‘It’s all systems a go,’ he said.”
UFC supremo Dana White also chimed in on the report of McGregor being removed from the promotion’s roster.
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In a typically bullish style, he commented on a social media post citing the report and said: “Total B******T.”
McGregor hasn’t set foot inside the octagon since breaking his left leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in July 2021.
He was set to return to the cage last June against Michael Chandler but withdrew from their long-overdue showdown with a broken pinky toe.
If McGregor fights again, his next outing will be his first since he was found civilly liable for having assaulted Nikita Hand at a Dublin hotel in December 2018.
McGregor appealed the verdict turned in at Dublin’s High Court but lost his bid to overturn the civil verdict late last month.
