Conor McGregor calls out Khabib for NFTs and gets stopped by ZachXBT

UFC star Conor McGregor criticized his former rival Khabib Nurmagomedov for his non-fungible token (NFT) on Telegram, which featured digital “pakhas” – a traditional hat worn in Nurmagomedov’s home country of Dagestan.

“There is simply no way Khabib, a good guy, would have used his late father’s name, as well as the culture of Dagestan, to scam his fans and sell a bunch of digital NFTs online,” McGregor wrote in a now-deleted X post.

Detective Onchain ZachXBT answered to McGregor, pointing out that McGregor had attempted to launch your own celebrity memecoin in April called REAL. ZachXBT said:

“There is simply no way McGregor could use his reputation, as well as Irish culture, to scam his fans and sell a bunch of digital tokens online, then delete all the posts after they were sold, leaving his fans deprived of their money?”

McGregor’s REAL token was offered to potential buyers in a sealed auction to prevent snipers and automated trading bots from manipulating prices at launch. It offered staking rewards to holders, but it only managed to reach 39% of its launch goal.

Funds raised were refunded to participants following the failed launch, according to McGregor. The token’s failure was due to several factors, including a widespread downturn in the crypto market at the time and a memecoin bear market.