UFC commentator Daniel Cormier on Wednesday expanded on his assertion that his X account was hacked ahead of Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House, saying he is tired of being asked about the subject.Addressing a since-deleted post sharing messages supposedly exchanged between himself and Eric Trump, President Donald Trump’s second-eldest son, Cormier again insisted the two had no relationship and first met Sunday.The post appeared to show Trump’s account asking Cormier for betting tips regarding the UFC Freedom 250 card, such as potential injuries to fighters and his picks for who might win the fights. It included Cormier’s purported account deflecting these questions, which Trump supposedly responded to by asking if the event was “rigged.”Cormier laid out a timeline on his podcast Wednesday of how the situation unfolded from his perspective, saying he was confused and struggled with X to regain access to his account during the event.“I get to the UFC on Sunday. Two of the UFC social media people are telling me, ‘We were just talking about you.’ And I said, ‘About what?’ They said, ‘You and Eric Trump.’ And I was like, ‘What about me and Eric Trump?’“Guys, this is at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday night. I go to the event, and they’re telling me they’re talking to me about something that I have no idea that is going on. I have no idea how long it was up. I have no idea how long it had been taken down.”As a UFC employee, company policy prohibits Cormier from engaging in betting related to any UFC event. Sharing privileged information to gain an advantage in sports betting could expose him to criminal fraud charges. Cormier said the idea that he would put himself in that situation should seem ridiculous to anyone who knows him.“At the end of the day, I would never do anything like that. I would never engage in those conversations. I would never go to Twitter and post that,” he said. “After engaging in those conversations, I just wouldn’t do that. It’s not what I do. …“I’m like, it just doesn’t make sense logically to think that I would do that. One: I don’t really talk like that. I don’t. I just don’t talk like that. And two: I’m actually going to the White House to do that fight. So why, right before I go into the White House to do the fight, would I do something like that, knowing that I’m going to be around all these people? It just doesn’t make sense.”Cormier added that he is still not able to access his X account and said the situation disrupted what he described as the greatest sporting event he had ever attended.
Daniel Cormier repeats denial of Trump messages, denounces Josh Hokit’s Obama insult
Cormier expressed frustration that people would believe he talked betting with Trump, then called Hokit's jab "disgusting" and "horrible."











