With USADA Completely Out of the Picture, Which Division Will Conor McGregor Light Up Once Again Upon His Return?

Behind every successful UFC fighter, there is a team of people dedicated people. And Conor McGregor is no different. He has an excellent social media and public relations team working behind the scenes making sure he gets the publicity and exposure that keeps him in the limelight.

And, most importantly, for him to succeed inside the octagon, he has a team of coaches, and medical professionals, including the crucial role of nutritionists. Cutting weight is a punishing activity, that takes a toll on even the best fighters. And to make sure he does it and remains healthy, he relies on his nutritionist, Tim Kennedy.

Which weight class will Conor McGregor fight in his comeback?

Conor McGregor has been out of the octagon for more than two years. He made his last appearance in the UFC at UFC 264 in a lightweight bout against Dustin Poirier in 2021. ‘Mac’ snapped his leg in two in a gruesome injury a la Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman during the bout.

The Irishman has been recuperating from the injury ever since and was originally slated to face The Ultimate Fighter 31 rival coach Michael Chandler in a welterweight bout in December. The bout has been postponed to an as-of-yet unknown date. But with USADA parting ways with the UFC starting in January 2024, many feel it may be sooner rather than later.

It has been widely speculated that the Dubliner not entering the USADA testing pool is what forced the postponement, but that seems not to be a problem anymore. McGregor started his UFC career in the featherweight division. He went on to capture the title in that division in 2015. He would then move up and go on to pursue the lightweight championship, which he won from Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in 2016.

McGregor would move up again to face Donald Cerrone at welterweight in 2020, before his fateful third lightweight clash against Poirier in 2021. And, even if the date of his comeback remains uncertain, what we know for sure is that he would face Chandler upon his return.

Tim Kennedy – the nutritionist keeping McGregor fit and able to make weight

Going up and down in weight is a challenging affair. And one of the main protagonists who has made sure McGregor makes weight is his nutritionist Tim Kennedy. A fellow Irishman, the University College of Dublin alumnus is constantly with McGregor in his camps making nutrition and supplement plans, observing him and even cooking for ‘Notorious’.

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“It entails seven-days-a-week work. Obviously, you get time off and things like that. But it entails daily nutrition plans, supplementation guides, cooking, being at all his training sessions, observing, taking data — the more data you take, the better,” Kennedy said in a 2021 interview with ESPN before ‘Mac’s bout against Cerrone.

To know more about Conor McGregor’s preparation for the octagon, tune in to the ESFanCast, LIVE this Friday at 8:00am ET. We sit down with Tristin Kennedy, Conor’s Cornerstone of Success for over 10 Years.

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