Irish UFC star Conor McGregor assaulted Nikita Hand, the jury in the Dublin civil case where he was accused of rape said in its verdict on November 22.

Conor McGregor has released a statement after being found liable in a civil case in Dublin stemming from alleged 2018 sexual assault.

The total amount of damages awarded to Ms Hand by the jury was €248,603.60. Mr McGregor had faced an accusation that he "brutally raped and battered" Nikita Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in December 2018.