Judge dismisses case against Conor McGregor, ruling tweets are part of MMA trash talk

Mr Justice Simons said he would listen to McGregor and retired MMA fighter Artem Lobov as to the question of costs in January

The disputed tweets were posted on the Twitter  account of Conor McGregor (pictured) in November. File picture

The High Court has rejected an application by retired MMA fighter Artem Lobov for orders requiring Conor McGregor to take down allegedly defamatory social media posts about the Dublin-based Russian.

In his ruling Mr Justice Garrett Simons, said that he was not satisfied that the statements made by Mr McGregor on social media where Mr Lobov is called "a rat" are "clearly defamatory".