Former UFC champion Conor McGregor is to appeal the verdict of a civil rape case, after a woman won a claim against him in November. Nikita Hand accused McGregor, 36, of “battering” and “brutally raping” her in a Dublin hotel room in 2018, and a jury in November found that the Irishman had assaulted her.

Conor McGregor attending the Dublin premiere of a documentary about his MMA career, November 2017 – the UFC star is now fighting to overturn a civil rape verdict. Credit : Shutterstock, G Holland Conor McGregor’s legal team has launched an attempt to submit fresh evidence as part of the fighter’s ongoing battle to reverse a civil court’s verdict that found him liable for raping a woman in a Dublin hotel.