Conor McGregor married longtime partner Dee Devlin at the Vatican on Friday.
McGregor, 37 and Devlin, 38, who share four children together, tied the knot in the historic Chiesa di Santo Stefano Degli Abissini – directly behind the Basilica of St Peter on the way to the Vatican Gardens.
Pictures of the inside of the chapel were released, showing thousands of white roses and greenery around the altar.
Security was tight around the venue and McGregor’s bodyguards ensured locals in the closed off area to the public were not allowed to photograph Devlin in her wedding dress.
According to the Irish Independent, in recent days senior Vatican figures have privately expressed concerns over the appropriateness of making the venue available to McGregor – a man who has been involved in his fair share of violent incidents.
The priest, Fr AJ of Texas who married the couple was asked about the controversy surrounding McGregor, to which he replied: “I’m aware of it, but what can I do?”
Earlier this week McGregor teased a UFC return amid speculation he will fight and potentially headline UFC White House next summer to celebrate Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.
Last November, an Irish High Court ruled in a civil case that McGregor had assaulted and raped a woman in 2018. He was ordered to pay €250,000 in damages and €1.5 million in legal costs.
Devlin supported McGregor throughout the case and later wrote on social media that the pair had dealt with those issues privately many years ago, coming out ‘stronger than ever.’
McGregor consistently maintained that the encounter was consensual but the court rejected his account of events.
McGregor met Devlin in a Dublin nightclub in 2008. They have three sons, Conor Jr, Rian and Mack alongside a daughter Croia.
The fighter proposed five years ago in 2020 and the couple had dreams of exchanging vows in the Sistine Chapel but the Vatican forbids wedding ceremonies taking place there.
Marriage ceremonies within Vatican City are very rare and only permitted under particular circumstances, requiring special approval from authorities.
McGregor returned from a short social media hiatus last month by accusing Khabib Nurmagomedov of using his late father’s name to con fans.
The Irishman claimed that he was ‘born again’ following an intense ibogaine treatment in Mexico, taking the hallucinogen to ‘address trauma.’
He said he ‘saw God and Jesus Christ who walked down the marble steps of Heaven’ and put a crown on his head.
In June 2023, Miami police received a report that McGregor had sexually assaulted a woman at the Miami Heat arena after game four of the NBA Finals.
Earlier this year he announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate in the 2025 Irish presidential election before withdrawing after ‘careful consideration.’