Artem Lobov sued Conor McGregor, claiming he failed to honour a 2017 oral commitment, agreeing to Lobov’s ownership of a five per cent share in the Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey brand.

A High Court dispute over a Conor McGregor-founded whiskey brand will go ahead later this year

The case was due to begin next Tuesday, with eight days set aside for the hearing.

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 per cent share in creating the brand, which he says he came up with the idea for.

McGregor was reported to have been paid $130 million from the sale of the Proper Number Twelve whiskey brand