Overview

• Combat Sports Anti-Doping announced that Conor McGregor violated the UFC anti-doping policy with three whereabouts failures in 2024.
• The penalty was reduced from the typical 24 months to 18 months due to cooperation and injury, and it is backdated from September 20, 2024 to March 20, 2026.
• At BKFC 82 in Newark, McGregor answered Jake Paul’s Instagram dig at BKFC by calling bare-knuckle fighting “intimidating.”
• Jake Paul remains booked for a November 14 exhibition with Gervonta Davis in Miami under special rules, including 10 three-minute rounds, 12-ounce gloves and a 195-pound limit, with no effect on professional records.
• McGregor continues to lobby for a UFC White House card fight he has touted against Michael Chandler, and fans have floated a BKFC matchup pitting Paul against Mike Perry.