Conor McGregor and controversy are words that have been tightly bound to each other since the Irishman’s emergence in the UFC. An inextricable link, perhaps, and those words look no closer to being untethered as of late Tuesday. Because it was then that news broke, suddenly, that McGregor had received an anti-doping ban.
McGregor’s aforementioned proclivity for controversy meant that some received this news with little more than an easy sigh and a half-raise of the eyebrows. Still, there was something alarming about seeing the words in white, block capitals, set against a black background. “CONOR MCGREGOR ACCEPTS 18-MONTH SANCTION FOR WHEREABOUTS FAILURES UNDER UFC ANTI-DOPING POLICY” (colours reversed, here).
