Mr McGregor told the court on Thursday that he had not ‘colluded’ with James Lawrence following claims made by Nikita Hand.

A friend of mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has denied that he was being a "fall guy" for the rape allegation against Mr McGregor.

Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor said he replied “no comment” to more than 100 questions during police interviews about allegations he raped a woman in a Dublin hotel because he was “beyond petrified”.

Before he left the stand just before 1pm on Thursday afternoon on day seven of the civil case taken against him, Mr McGregor had plenty more to say

Conor McGregor has denied planning to make his friend James Lawrence a “patsy” for the alleged rape of Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel six years ago.

Conor McGregor has denied a suggestion it was in his mind that a male friend “might take the fall” and be “the patsy” in relation to allegations by a woman she was raped by Mr McGregor in a Dublin hotel,

Mr McGregor, who is facing an accusation in the civil action that he 'brutally raped and battered' Nikita Hand, is being cross-examined in the High Court on Thursday.