Conor McGregor, was found liable in his sexual assault civil case against Nikita Hand recently.

The Irishman has protested his innocence and claimed his sexual relationship with Hand was consensual and his fiancée Dee Devlin has also leapt to support her man.

The former UFC champion was accused of raping Ms Hand, who was awarded €248,603 (£206,000) in damages after a jury found that he was liable of assaulting her.

Today a judge has ruled that the MMA star must also pay the full amount of Hand’s entire £1.25million (€1.5m) legal costs for bringing a civil rape claim against him.

James Lawrence who was also accused of rape by Miss Hand but found not liable will not be awarded any costs.

The judge said it was a “singular and peculiar case” and may bring proceedings against McGregor for his recent social media posts.

He had posted on X formerly Twitter: ‘People want to hear from me, I needed time. I know I made mistakes. Six years ago, I should have never responded to her outreaches. I should have shut the party down. I should never have stepped out on the woman I love the most in the world. That’s all on me.

As much as I regret it, everything that happened that night was consensual and all the witnesses present swore to that under oath. I have instructed my legal team to appeal the decision.

I can’t go back and I will move forward. I am beyond grateful to my family, friends and supporters all over the world who have stayed by my side.

That’s it. No more. Getting back to the gym- the fight game awaits!’

As is often the case with McGregor he subsequently deleted the post.