Chimayev promised to punish all those responsible for the scam

UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev spoke about the scandal surrounding the SMASH cryptocurrency he promoted.

"My manager was stupid and I made a mistake too. I don't know about these cryptocurrencies at all. I trusted my manager and I do. I asked him, "Can these people be trusted?" He said: "These are my people, they can be trusted. Make this video."

I don't know what cryptocurrency is or how it works. I don't have time to look up what it is. I made a video like they said. But now these people are lost, looking for it. One was found, got him to make a video that it was their fault. And we'll find the others and make them apologize for it. I don't know - I shouldn't have "gone in" there in the first place. It was my manager's fault, he was not left without punishment.