Overview
- Screenshots circulated on X that appeared to show DMs from an account in Eric Trump’s name asking Daniel Cormier about fighter injuries and whether fights were “rigged” ahead of UFC Freedom 250.
- The images were posted publicly from Cormier’s account on Sunday and then deleted, a sequence several journalists and observers later reported seeing.
- Eric Trump posted a categorical denial saying he never contacted Cormier and called the screenshots “AI generated.”
- Cormier told reporters the messages “are not real” and said his account had been hacked or otherwise compromised.
- Independent verification is lacking, no evidence has surfaced of wagers or insider misuse, and the episode has intensified scrutiny of social‑media provenance and betting integrity for the UFC.