MLB Speaks With Neal ElAttrache Over Conor Mcgregor Fight PED Report
Major League Baseball has spoken with Los Angeles Dodgers team doctor Dr. Neal ElAttrache after a New York Times report linked him to conor mcgregor fight performance-enhancing drug allegations. ElAttrache said his medical record is completely clean and that he will work with the league on the matter.
ElAttrache’s MLB Discussion
An MLB source said the league wanted to learn more about ElAttrache’s participation in McGregor’s recovery, but the discussion was not an official investigation. The Times also reported that MLB has not received any allegations of wrongdoing by ElAttrache within baseball.
ElAttrache said, “I have spoken with MLB and I am very comfortable with the process that the league and I will complete to assure the public that I have followed every rule and regulation in my medical treatment of athletes without exception” and, “My record is completely clean including in this case. I will leave it to MLB officials to provide any further comment as they see fit.”
McGregor’s Recovery And Drug Status
The Times reported that ElAttrache oversaw surgery after McGregor broke both bones in his lower left leg during a 2021 UFC fight. It also reported that ElAttrache referred McGregor to a specialist who prescribed performance-enhancing drugs, while ElAttrache said he did not work with that specialist and did not prescribe banned medication himself.
According to the report, ElAttrache wrote a letter supporting McGregor’s request for an exemption from certain UFC drug policies. McGregor was pulled from the UFC drug testing pool, did not receive the exemption he sought, and used the drugs while not undergoing drug tests.
Dodgers, Rams, And Beyond
ElAttrache is the team doctor for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Rams, and he has also worked as a consultant for the Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers and Anaheim Ducks. His name has been tied to some of the biggest orthopedic jobs in sports, including Tom Brady’s left knee surgery in 2008, Kobe Bryant’s torn Achilles tendon surgery in 2013, Shohei Ohtani’s Tommy John surgery in 2018 and shoulder surgery in 2024, and Aaron Rodgers’ Achilles surgery in 2023.
The Dodgers declined to comment on the situation, and the NFL has not returned requests for comment. For baseball, the immediate focus is ElAttrache’s role in a case that began outside the sport but now has the league asking how a doctor who works with one of its franchises became part of McGregor’s recovery path.
