{"id":56129,"date":"2025-11-27T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/conor-mcgregor-calls-out-khabib-over-nfts-gets-shut-down-by-zachxbt\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:29:02","slug":"conor-mcgregor-calls-out-khabib-over-nfts-gets-shut-down-by-zachxbt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/vi\/conor-mcgregor-calls-out-khabib-over-nfts-gets-shut-down-by-zachxbt\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor calls out Khabib over NFTs, gets shut down by ZachXBT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The former UFC champion tried to launch his own celebrity memecoin, REAL, in April, but the project failed to gain traction. <\/p>\n

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UFC star Conor McGregor criticized former rival Khabib Nurmagomedov for his non-fungible token (NFT) drop on Telegram, which featured digital \u201cpapakhas\u201d \u2014 a traditional hat worn in Nurmagomedov\u2019s native country of Dagestan.\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Onchain sleuth ZachXBT responded<\/a> to McGregor, pointing out that McGregor attempted to launch his own celebrity memecoin<\/a> in April called REAL. 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\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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McGregor\u2019s REAL token<\/a> was offered to prospective buyers in a sealed-bid auction to prevent snipers and automated trading bots from manipulating prices at launch. It featured staking rewards for holders, but it only managed to raise 39% of its target launch goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The funds that were raised were refunded to participants following the failed launch, according to McGregor. The failure of the token was due to multiple factors, including a broad downturn in the crypto market at the time and a memecoin bear market<\/a>. <\/p>\n