Judge reluctantly allows McGregor whiskey brand dispute to go ahead next week

Artem Lobov, a former sparring partner of Mr McGregor, is suing the MMA fighter for what Mr Lobov says was an oral agreement in 2017 that he would get a 5% share in the Proper Number Twelve Irish whiskey brand

Conor McGregor denies Mr Lobov's claims there was any agreement for him to have a share in the brand. File picture: Collins Courts

A judge has said he is reluctantly allowing a High Court hearing to go ahead next week of a dispute over a claim by a man for a percentage share in a whiskey brand founded by Conor McGregor.

Artem Lobov, a former sparring partner of Mr McGregor, is suing the MMA fighter for what Mr Lobov says was an oral agreement in 2017 that he would get a 5% share in creating the brand, which he says he came up with the idea for.