Following the verdict, Paul took aim at his rival, and also UFC president Dana White, on social media site X, formerly Twitter, posting: 'Dan hits his wife. Conor's convicted of rape. But I'm the bad guy?'

Conor McGregor rape trial from the civil suit filed by Nikita Hand ended with the "Notorious" UFC star found responsible for sexual assault, a jury verdict with monetary damages the Irish sports star plans to appeal.