Ireland's High Court has dismissed Conor McGregor's efforts to appeal a civil sexual assault ruling against him. McGregor, a former two-division UFC champion, was found liable for sexual assault in November.

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has lost his legal appeal against a civil court's finding that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Dublin hotel.

Nikita Hand accused McGregor, 37, of rape on December 9, 2018. In the trial that ended in November 2024, the Irish UFC star was ordered to pay her about 206,000 euros in restitution. At the time, he maintained his innocence, referring to their encounter as “fully consensual sex." He also denied causing her any bruising.