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.

Conor McGregor has lost his appeal against the civil jury finding in favor of an Irish woman, Nikita Hand, who claimed she was raped by the UFC star in Dublin hotel in December 2018. The three-judge Court of Appeal dismissed all grounds for appeal Thursday in Dublin. Hand was present for the ruling, McGregor was not.