Long-time rivals Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are back engaging in a war of words after the Irish star alleged that the Dagastani ace is scamming his fans with the recent sale of NFT’s on Telegram.
In his advert for the sale, former lightweight champion Khabib explained how the headwear he famously wore during his fight career, called the Papakha, was a part of his culture that was passed down from his father as a sign of respect and discipline, and then encouraged his fans to buy a digital NFT version of it on Telegram for a whopping $150.
There’s been a lot of controversy regarding NFT’s like this in recent years, which has led to them becoming less popular, but nonetheless, Khabib later posted that the NFT’s had sold out, triggering McGregor to lash out at him by claiming it’s all a scam.
“There is just no way good guy Khabib used his late fathers name, as well as Dagestan’s culture, to scam his fans and fire sell a bunch of digital NFT’s online and then delete all of the content after they were sold, leaving his fans robbed of their money? There is just no way good guy do this,” McGregor wrote on X.
“What a shame and a stain on his father’s name. Just wow! To scam fans using his father and his country’s culture is just so low. Father’s plan has now become Father’s scam. Very sad.”
Khabib then fired back to brand McGregor a liar.
“You absolute liar,” Khabib replied. “You will always try to darken my name, after you got destroyed that night, but you will never achieve that! Yes, good guys don’t do that. They don’t create exclusive digital gifts with real time value, that you can share with your friends and family. Gifts in the shape of Papakha – hat that symbolize traditions and culture of Dagestan people. Traditions and culture that slowly walking over this world, whether you like it or not! Gifts that you can find exclusively on Telegram, greatest messaging platform on the world.”
McGregor wasn’t finished there though.
“On the opposite side of this, it was great to see Islam [Makhachev] honor his own father by putting the double world titles on his shoulders and saying, ‘There is not many fathers of double world champions!’ Truth…” McGregor wrote.
“Apologise this instant for using your late father’s name to sell these ‘gifts’ that cost your fans so much of their money.
“Also, to sell something means it is not a gift, you low-IQ troglodyte. That is the direct opposite of what ‘gift’ means. Duh, duh, duh, dumbass.”
With the feud now back in full flow, Khabib went on to call out McGregor for his alleged drug use.
“My count is 56 former drug addicts, at my rehabilitation centers in Dagestan, that I treated,” Khabib said.
“Come to Dagestan [Conor McGregor], they’ll take care of you here. Mexico didn’t help you, as far as I can see.”
And of course McGregor was quick to reply.
“And who will I be meeting there because it won’t be you,” McGregor stated. “You can’t scam me with your lies.
“You tax dodging scammer on the run. Your poor family, I pray. I pray for your constant lies. I pray, I pray, I pray. While you lie. You should just be honest because Allah knows all.”
