MMA fighter Conor McGregor, who lost a civil rape case on Friday, has said he will instruct his legal team to appeal the verdict, as large crowds in Dublin showed support to the woman involved in the case.

Conor McGregor's longtime fiancée, Dee Devlin, made it very clear in a series of social media posts that she is standing by her man following a high court's decision against the UFC star in a high-profile sexual assault case.

A civil jury in Ireland has awarded more than $250,000 to a woman who says she was raped by mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor in a Dublin hotel penthouse after a night of heavy partying.