DUBLIN — Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor testified Wednesday that he had consensual sex with a woman suing him for sexual assault and said she fabricated her story. “Everything is a lie,” McGregor said in the High Court in Dublin. “It is a ...

The MMA fighter is being sued in a civil case over an accusation of the sexual assaulting of a woman in a Dublin hotel room in December 2018 - an accusation he denies.

DUBLIN– Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor denied in a Dublin court on Wednesday that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2018, saying a civil case brought against him and another man was “full of lies”.

UFC star Conor McGregor took the stand in Dublin on Wednesday as he faces allegations from a woman who said she was raped by him in 2018.

Conor McGregor tells court the sexual encounter with his accuser was consensual, denying assault claims. The trial continues.

Conor McGregor has said he was "beyond petrified" when he was being interviewed by gardaí (Irish police) about allegations he had raped a woman in a hotel room. The Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter was cross-examined on why he replied "no comment" to hundreds of questions at Dundrum Garda Station in January 2019.

The woman alleges that McGregor sexually assaulted her on Dec. 9, 2018, and that another man, James Lawrence, did the same, the court heard last week. McGregor, 36, told the court that he had "fully consensual sex" with the woman and that he did not force anyone to do anything against their will.

Conor McGregor testified that he had consensual sex with a woman suing him for sexual assault and said she fabricated her story.