Conor McGregor has said he was "beyond petrified" when he was being questioned by Gardaí (Irish police) about allegations he had raped a woman in a hotel room. The Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter is giving evidence for a second day during a civil court case taken by Nikita Hand.

Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor said he replied “no comment” to more than 100 questions during police interviews about allegations he raped a woman in a Dublin hotel because he was “beyond petrified”.

Mr McGregor told the court on Thursday that he had not ‘colluded’ with James Lawrence following claims made by Nikita Hand.

A woman who claims she was raped by Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor suffered serious physical and psychological injuries as a result of the alleged attack, a court in Dublin has heard.

Conor McGregor has said the woman who claims he raped her is 'full of lies', and has insisted that none of the bruises covering her body was caused by him.

Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor denied in a Dublin court on Wednesday that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2018, saying a civil case brought against him and another man was “full of lies.

Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor has testified that he had consensual sex with a woman who is suing him for sexual assault and claimed she had told nothing but lies.