Conor McGregor makes new public statement and UFC comeback vow after losing civil case

In a connection released by Conor McGregor connected Monday, helium confirmed that the caller civilian lawsuit volition beryllium appealed portion helium moves guardant and attempts to revive his warring career

Conor McGregor has maintained his innocence successful a caller nationalist connection after being ordered to wage Nikita Hand £200,000 aft a civilian tribunal case.

The erstwhile UFC champion was recovered liable of assaulting Hand, who accused him of raping her successful a Dublin edifice six years ago. A assemblage awarded her £200,000 successful damages connected Friday.

McGregor, 36, claims that helium engaged successful consensual enactment with Hand, and has vowed to entreaty the case. He broke his soundlessness connected societal media with a station to X connected Monday, and stated helium is keen to determination guardant with his beingness and instrumentality to the UFC.

"People privation to perceive from me, I needed time," McGregor wrote. "I cognize I made mistakes. Six years ago, I should person ne'er responded to her outreaches.

"I should person unopen the enactment down. I should ne'er person stepped retired connected the pistillate I emotion the astir successful the world. That’s each connected me.

"As overmuch arsenic I regret it, everything that happened that nighttime was consensual and each the witnesses contiguous swore to that nether oath. I person instructed my ineligible squad to entreaty the decision.

"I can’t spell backmost and I volition determination forward. I americium beyond grateful to my family, friends and supporters each implicit the satellite who person stayed by my side. That’s it. No more. Getting backmost to the gym- the combat crippled awaits!"

Hand believes that justness has been served, and is attempting to determination connected with her beingness portion being supported by her family. Speaking extracurricular the tribunal aft McGregor had been ordered to wage her damages, Ms. Hand said; "I americium overwhelmed by the enactment I person received from everybody. I privation to convey my ineligible squad and my 3 barristers, they person been astonishing from commencement to finish.

"I privation to convey the justice, the assemblage and each the witnesses. I privation to convey the doctors, nurses and everyone astatine the intersexual battle portion astatine the Rotunda battle unit, particularly my ain doctor. I privation to convey the rape proposal centre, I privation to convey each the guards and the ambulance crew.

"I privation to convey the men and women who person supported maine passim this trial. For each idiosyncratic who reached retired to me, a card, email, everything, it has not gone unnoticed. Thank you, I truly admit it truthful much.

"I privation to convey my spouse who has been truthful supportive for the past 4 years and has held my manus passim this proceedings each day. I privation to convey my mum and each my household and friends. I privation to convey my girl who I americium astir grateful for. She has fixed maine truthful overmuch spot and courageousness implicit the past six years done this nightmare to support pushing guardant for justice.

"I privation to amusement her and each different miss and lad that you tin basal up for yourself if thing happens to you, nary substance who the idiosyncratic is, and justness volition beryllium served. To each the victims of intersexual assault, I anticipation my communicative is simply a reminder that you person a dependable and to support connected warring for justice.

"I cognize this has impacted my life, my daughter's, my household and friends' tremendously and it is thing I volition ne'er hide for the remainder of my life. But present that justness has been served I tin present effort and determination connected and look guardant to the aboriginal with my family, friends and daughter."