Conor McGregor fired back at Joe Rogan in a since-deleted tweet after the UFC analyst seemingly implied that the fighter has been using performance-enhancing drugs to bulk up while out of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency program.
McGregor, 34, has been out of competition as he recovers from a broken leg suffered in a loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021.
During a recent episode of his Spotify podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Rogan said: “He’s taking his shirt off and posing constantly and he looks like his piss would melt that USADA cup. Like it would just like burn a hole right through the bottom of that USADA cup… The weird thing is that there is a loophole in USADA that allows you to get out of the testing pool. You can get out of the testing pool and just juice up.”
McGregor shared side-by-side photos of Rogan shirtless, comparing his figure at ages 25 and 52.
“Joe looks like his piss melts his knickers,” McGregor wrote. “In the company that long and never took a fight hahaha @ufc oh tae kwon do competition, call the cops hahahahaah.”
Rogan, now 55, is a former mixed martial artist, who holds black belts in both Taekwondo and Jiu-Jitsu.
McGregor continues to share workout photos of him sporting a seemingly bulkier frame as he works his ways back to the octagon.
Last month, McGregor implied that he would be granted an exemption from the UFC’s testing protocol, tweeting, “I am clear for testing in February. I will complete my two tests per USADA and we are booking a fight.”
A few days later, the UFC told ESPN that he is not currently in the promotion’s drug-testing pool — which requires any fighter who leaves the pool and re-enters to spend six months of ineligibility in the pool before competing again.
The UFC can request exemptions from that rule, however, it did not indicate that would happen in McGregor’s case.
“McGregor is not enrolled in our testing pool and would have to be for six months unless an exception is granted, which we do not think would be applicable,” USADA director of communications Averi Walker said.
McGregor (22-6) has lost three of his last four fights.