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Former UFC champion T.J. Dillashaw has come out in support of Conor McGregor's decision to pull out of the USADA testing pool.
Dillashaw recently made an appearance on Brendan Schaub's 'Food Truck Diaries.' During his time there, 'Killashaw' commented on McGregor's ongoing situation with USADA.
McGregor suffered a gruesome leg injury in his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier in July 2021. Since then, the Irishman has been out of action and has bulked up, as can be seen from his pictures on social media.
Many believe that 'The Notorious' has taken PEDs, and to add to this suspicion, McGregor was not tested a single time by USADA in 2022. It later came to light that the Irishman had withdrawn from the anti-doping agency pool.
T.J. Dillashaw believes that McGregor did the right thing by withdrawing in order to recover from the injury. The former bantamweight champion argued that even if 'Mystic Mac' was using banned substances for recovery, he would not be able to use them to his advantage inside the octagon and would have to be tested by USADA for six months before being eligible to fight again.
"The guy [Conor McGregor] is in movies, he’s doing all this sh*t, his leg is broken in half, and even if he were to take steroids to recover himself, he can’t compete with it in his system. So he’s not gonna have an advantage from taking what he’s taking. All he’s doing is healing. If you’re telling me that a guy can’t heal, who’s gonna make not only himself but the UFC hundreds of millions of dollars, that makes no sense not to. He’s not doing anything wrong.”
You can listen to Dillashaw talk about McGregor from the 33:30 mark below:
Conor McGregor is out of the UFC rankings
In the recently updated UFC rankings, Conor McGregor dropped out of the top 15 UFC lightweight rankings.
What's worth noting is that the Irishman was a part of the lightweight rankings for a long time despite having only one win in the division. McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez in 2016 to become double-champ and then lost his next three lightweight fights against Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier (twice).
The new rankings also mark the first time 'The Notorious' has been out of the UFC rankings since his featherweight victory over Max Holloway in 2013.
