Conor McGregor hasn’t competed in the UFC in roughly three-and-a-half years and the way things are going, Joe Rogan isn’t sure the promotion’s biggest star will ever step back into the octagon. Rogan’s pessimistic outlook on McGregor’s fighting career comes after the former two-division champion lost a civil trial in which a woman, Nikita Hand, alleged that he raped her in a Dublin hotel room back in 2018. After nearly two weeks of court proceedings last month, which included testimony from McGregor, a jury found him liable for assault . Although UFC CEO Dana White shrugged off the trial’s outcome having the ability to negatively impact McGregor’s career, what Rogan heard from McGregor during the trial has him questioning his future. “I don’t know if Conor’s ever gonna fight again,” Rogan said on a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. “I don’t know the real details of that case.
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Joe Rogan questions Conor McGregor’s UFC future after sexual assault civil trial defeat – MMA Junkie