
Conor Mc Gregor's friend James Lawrence is also appealing a decision not to award him costs, after he was found not to have assaulted Ms Hand by the civil jury.
Straffan Resident Conor Mc Gregor has asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal over a civil High Court jury finding that he assaulted Nikita Hand.
In July, the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by the former MMA fighter against that finding by the jury he raped her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018.
His new lawyers have now sought permission from the Supreme Court to hear an appeal.
Conor Mc Gregor's friend James Lawrence is also appealing a decision not to award him costs, after he was found not to have assaulted Ms Hand by the civil jury.