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Brett OkamotoJul 31, 2025, 12:58 PM ET
- Brett Okamoto has reported connected mixed martial arts and boxing astatine ESPN since 2010. He has covered each of the biggest events successful combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names specified arsenic Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was besides a shaper connected the 30 for 30 film: "Chuck and Tito," which looked backmost astatine the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives successful Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer successful his spare time.
Conor McGregor's ineligible efforts to entreaty a civilian intersexual battle ruling that went against him past twelvemonth person failed.
McGregor, 37, was found liable of intersexual assault successful November, successful Ireland's High Court. The lawsuit stemmed from an incidental successful 2018, successful which McGregor's accuser said the erstwhile UFC prima attacked her successful a edifice room. A assemblage ruled successful the woman's favor, and ordered McGregor to pay 248,000 euros, oregon astir $257,000. McGregor filed an entreaty of that decision earlier this year.
On Thursday, the High Court again ruled against McGregor and dismissed the entreaty connected each grounds, according to aggregate reports. McGregor's ineligible squad presented respective arguments, including caller grounds from a neighbour of the victim, who described witnessing her successful a carnal altercation anterior to the incidental with McGregor. However, McGregor's squad withdrew that statement earlier this month.
According to Irish nationalist broadcaster RTÉ, the pistillate told the High Court she met McGregor astatine a Christmas enactment successful 2018 successful Dublin, and accused him of forcing her onto a bed, choking her and making her fearfulness for her life. McGregor, who has 4 children with his longtime partner, admitted helium had enactment with the pistillate but denied it was unsmooth oregon forced. He did not look immoderate transgression prosecution regarding the incident.
McGregor (22-6) has not competed successful mixed martial arts since helium suffered a breached limb successful a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier astatine UFC 264 successful July 2021. Earlier this month, helium claimed he'd been cause tested arsenic portion of the UFC's mandatory investigating program, successful a measurement towards returning to competition. He has expressed interest successful making an quality astatine a projected UFC lawsuit astatine the White House successful 2026.
