A woman accusing Conor McGregor of sexually assaulting her in a Dublin hotel in 2018 has testified in an Irish court at the start of a civil case seeking financial damages against the mixed martial arts star.

A woman who has accused Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her thought the 36-year-old was going to kill her, and said he ‘wasn’t taking no for an answer’, a court in Dublin has heard.

Conor McGregor allegedly pinned down and raped a woman in a Dublin hotel while high on cocaine, the city’s High Court has been told. Mr McGregor and another man have been accused of sexually assaulting an Irish hairdresser in December 2018 after picking her up from a Christmas party.