Ex-two-weight UFC champion, Conor McGregor appeared to lobby promotional executive, Ari Emanuel to make contact with the Nevada State Athletic Commission regarding his continued absence from the Octagon, claiming he is being kept from his livelihood.
McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined from active competition since he headlined UFC 264 back in July 2021, suffering a fractured left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO defeat to Dustin Poirier in the pair’s trilogy rubber match.
Yet to make his Octagon return in the time since, McGregor, 35, is expected to fight former lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler in his return, however, the Dubliner has yet to officially book a comeback, and at the time of publication, has yet to submit an anti-doping test sample to UFC partners, USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency).