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Conor McGregor blasts lightweight rival Beniel Dariush, responds to claims of cheating ahead of UFC return

Former UFC lightweight champion, Conor McGregor responds to Beniel Dariush’s steroid accusations.

During McGregor’s recent absence from competition it came to light that the Irishman was no longer in the USADA testing pool, and has still not re-joined. This along with along much larger physique has lead some to believe that he was in fact taking some kind of performance enhancing drug.

Beniel Dariush accuses Conor Mcgregor

Talking to TheSchmo, Dariush expressed his opinion that Conor McGregor was in fact cheating and described the situation as ‘horrible’.

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I think Conor is cheating,” Dariush said in an interview with The Schmo.