Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has for the first time directly denied allegations of sexual assault that are reportedly the subject of two separate police investigations in his native Ireland.
”Yes, of course,” McGregor said on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show” in an interview pre-recorded from this past Friday. “Yes, (expletive) hell. C’mon. Seriously.”
McGregor, 31, initially declined to talk about the allegations, which stem from alleged incidents that took place in Dublin in December 2018 and October 2019. In an apparent reference to the legal process, he said “it just has to take place” and asked the public for patience as he approaches his long-awaited comeback at UFC 246.