Conor McGregor has lost his appeal in a civil case in which Dublin woman Nikita Hand accused him of rape. The MMA fighter lost his appeal on all five grounds that the case was taken. The court gave its decision on Thursday over the UFC fighter’s appeal against a High Court finding that he assaulted Ms Hand.

A woman who won a civil case against Conor McGregor is to sue him and two other people for damages alleging they engaged in malicious abuse of court processes. In November, McGregor was ordered to pay £206,000 in damages plus costs to Nikita Hand, who accused him of raping her in a hotel in Dublin in 2018.