UFC star Conor McGregor went scorched-earth on longtime UFC rival Khabib Nurmagomedov after the latter launched an NFT drop on the Telegram messaging app. The Khabib crypto NFT drop was widely panned by both the MMA and crypto communities, labelled as a \u2018cash-grab\u2019. It didn\u2019t take long for his rival McGregor to weigh in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is just no way good guy Khabib used his late father\u2019s name, as well as Dagestan\u2019s culture, to scam his fans and fire sell a bunch of digital NFTs online,\u201d McGregor wrote in a now-deleted X post. Although the post was initially met with a lot of support, McGregor has seemingly deleted the post after everyone\u2019s favourite on-chain sleuth, ZachXBT, called out the Irishman for his own crypto exploits.<\/p>\n
There is just no way good guy McGregor used his reputation, as well as Irish culture, to scam his fans and fire sell a bunch of digital tokens\u2019s online and then delete all of the posts after they were sold, leaving his fans robbed of their money? <\/p>\n
There is just no way good guy\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/CuUzvPGiKS<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n It didn\u2019t take long for on-chain sleuth ZachXBT to weigh in on McGregor calling out Khabib for his NFT drop, noting that McGregor attempted to launch his own celebrity memecoin, REAL, in April. ZachXBT said:<\/p>\n \u201cThere is just no way good guy McGregor used his reputation, as well as Irish culture, to scam his fans and fire sell a bunch of digital tokens online and then delete all of the posts after they were sold, leaving his fans robbed of their money?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n McGregor\u2019s REAL token<\/a> was offered to prospective buyers in a sealed-bid auction earlier this year. The sealed-bid auction was chosen to prevent snipers and automated trading bots from manipulating prices at launch, but it only raised 39%<\/a> of its target.<\/p>\n The funds raised were refunded to participants after the failed launch, according to McGregor. The token\u2019s failure was due to multiple factors, including a broad crypto market downturn and a bear market in memecoin.<\/p>\n Conor McGregor is a two-weight world UFC champion, besting the likes of Eddie Alvarez, Jose Aldo, Nate Diaz, and many more, amassing a record of 22-6. However, it seems that the controversial Irish sports star didn\u2019t want any smoke from ZachXBT.<\/p>\n Within a few hours of Zach firing back at McGregor, the former UFC champion quickly deleted all X posts related to the Khabib crypto drama.<\/p>\n After taking in less than 10% of the target \u201craise\u201d, Conor McGregor has removed all mentions of his token on social media. pic.twitter.com\/iUrWbsx1Ri<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Beanie (@beaniemaxi) April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n Further reports suggest Khabibfired back<\/a> at McGregor, labelling the Irishman a \u2018liar\u2019 in now deleted Tweets.<\/p>\nZachXBT 10-7\u2019s Conor McGregor \u2013 Causes the Irish MMA Star to Delete His Khabib Crypto Tweets<\/h2>\n