It seems like a civil lawsuit got the better of Conor McGregor regarding behavioral misconduct allegations against a lady named Nikita. The plaintiff won the lawsuit, as per recent reports, leading ‘The Notorious’ to dish out a hefty sum to cover the damages the victim had suffered. The amount that McGregor had to agree on crossed well over a couple hundred thousand dollars.

However, Conor McGregor plans to make an appeal to this verdict by the judge. Explaining his disappointment with the court’s ruling, McGregor claimed that he disputed one of the charges associated with the lawsuit. “I will be appealing today’s decision. The judge’s instruction and the modest award given was for assault, not for aggravated or exemplary damages,” he wrote on X.

‘The Notorious further stated, “I am disappointed that the jury did not hear all the evidence that the DPP reviewed. I am with my family now, focused on my future. Thank you to all my support worldwide.” It remains to be seen if the court acknowledges his appeal in the days to come.

Conor McGregor isn’t the only superstar, who’s had run-ins with the law because heavyweight champion Jon Jones also found himself embroiled in such situations. However, ‘Bones’ still managed to get past those problems and came back to the Octagon to dominate his opponents. But why hasn’t that been the case for McGregor? Joe Rogan seems to believe that ‘The Notorious’ has “self-destructed.”

Joe Rogan on how money changed Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor was on top of the game when he was in winning form during 2015 and 2016. However, according to Joe Rogan, things were never the same after his boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, which reportedly earned him a paycheck that eclipsed how much he made in the UFC. The drastic growth of his bank balance seemingly distracted him so much that since then, he’s had a hard time trying to regain his footing in the UFC.

“Conor self-destructed in a lot of ways because of money. He took that fight with Floyd Mayweather, made a ton of money off that, and then took a long time before he came back to MMA, and he’s just not been the same guy since,” said Joe Rogan in episode #2232 of the JRE podcast. “And I think that’s just … it’s money, it’s a lot of partying, but it’s the same kind of thing. It’s just a wild (change). But when Conor was in his prime, he was a f*cking assassin.”

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