Conor McGregor was ordered to pay Nikita Hand more than $250,000 after he was found to have assaulted her in a Dublin hotel six years ago, with the fighter's wife insisting she will support him

The face of the UFC and Irish MMA for years, McGregor been met with much backlash following his appearance last Friday in Dublin's High Court, where the civil court jury found McGregor liable for the sexual assault of a woman named Nikita Hand.

UFC superstar Conor McGregor was found guilty of sexual assault from an incident that occurred with Nikita Hand at the Beacon Hotel in Dublin on December 9, 2018. McGregor was tried in a Dublin High Court, and the jury found him liable for sexual assault, and the MMA star was ordered to pay more than €248,000 in damages to Hand.