UFC legend Dustin Poirier is known for being a straight shooter. Unlike some of his peers who dive into the latest digital fads like NFTs or cryptocurrencies, Poirier, affectionately called ‘Diamond,’ typically keeps his social media content positive and motivational, sharing words of wisdom and encouragement with his fans. So, you can imagine the shock when fans logged onto X this morning to see what looked like an out-of-character post from the New Orleans native, promoting the cryptocurrency TRON.

The bizarre tweet read: “Some ni–as just told me that @Solana is a jeet chain. So I’m moving #Poirier to TRON! The first UFC champion launching on TRX… Wassup @justinsuntron.”

It didn’t take long for the truth to come out—Poirier’s account had been hacked. The hacker, clearly looking to exploit Poirier’s massive following, tried to use his name to pump a cryptocurrency of their choosing.

Jolie Poirier, Dustin’s wife, quickly took to social media to alert fans, saying, “Dustin’s Twitter has been hacked. Do not click on any links tweeted.” Fortunately, ‘Diamond’ regained control of his account shortly thereafter. True to form, his first move was to clean up the mess by deleting the spammy tweet and another offensive post that had briefly tarnished his usually respectable social media presence.

In typical Poirier fashion, he handled the chaos with grace, focusing on getting things back to normal rather than engaging in the drama—a true testament to his no-nonsense approach both inside and outside the octagon.

However, Poirier is not the only famous athlete whose account has been hacked recently. France and Real Madrid superstar soccer player Kylian Mbappe, too, got his X account hacked two days ago. While it is well-known that Mbappe idolizes Cristiano Ronaldo. But fans were shocked to see a post on Mbappe’s Twitter account that called Lionel Messi a “midget” among other such incendiary tweets. Thankfully Poirier and Mbappe both have gotten their accounts back and fans understood that ‘Diamond’ was not the one promoting the crypto token, there is another UFC superstar whose fans were not as fortunate.

‘Borz’ promoted a crypto scheme months before TRON promoted from Dustin Poirier’s account

Khamzat Chimaev is being accused of ‘scamming’ his fans with a pump-and-dump crypto scheme earlier this year. ‘Borz’ had promoted a meme-based crypto token called ‘SMASH’ coin on social media. This, of course, led some of his fans to buy the token, increasing its value exponentially.

However, days later, the coin crashed and its value reached zero, a sure sign that it was a scam. However, Chimaev, instead of taking responsibility and making the aggrieved fans whole financially, pled ignorance, blamed his fans and claimed that he would get the scammers to ‘apologize’ to them.

“Well, my manager… you can say acted stupidly and I also made a mistake in this crypto. I don’t understand (crypto) at all, I trust my manager,” Chimaev said.

Of course, this came as small solace to the fans who had lost their hard-earned money, and done so because they trusted their favorite fighter and wanted to support him. But since no legal action was initiated against the UFC star, it seems the victims will have to make do with the promise of an apology from the scammer, which is yet to be delivered on. What are your thoughts on Chimaev’s ‘scam’?