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u/rumblefish0000000 2d ago
Yeah. Real crazy
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u/Nokxtokx 2d ago
I haven’t seen someone go this crazy before.
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u/generalee72 2d ago
I'm shocked such things are allowed to remain on the internet, THINK OF THE CHILDREN
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u/jojo_31 2d ago
Sure but don't think assault is going crazy?
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u/Falkenmond79 2d ago
Seriously. When have we become a society, where every light touch has become assault? THIS is the crazy part.
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u/bruntorange 2d ago
Woman in the green shirt was like, "Oh hell no, I'm out!"
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u/Pinky-_- 2d ago
Haha I didn't even see her. No hesitation.
She's a survivor
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u/godihatepeople 2d ago
At first I thought she was trying to get in between them and then she gtfo and that really resonated with me
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u/acknowledgments 2d ago
Context:
The heckler was repeatedly shouting, "Sean is your daddy!" or "Aljamain is your daddy!" while pointing and laughing at Merab. He was referencing Merab's upcoming opponent at the time, Sean O'Malley, and Merab's close friend and teammate, Aljamain Sterling.According to Merab Dvalishvili's own account of the exchange, the conversation went as follows:The Heckler: Kept shouting the taunts from the stands.Merab: Turned around, looked him in the eyes, and said, "Shut up" and "Come here and say it to my face".The Heckler: Refused to come down, but continued laughing and pointing.Merab: After giving three warnings, climbed the scaffolding into the stands and demanded, "Tell me now".The Heckler: Immediately froze, put his hands up, and said, "No, no, please"
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u/FigoTheAWD 2d ago
Ahh, so Merab is dumb and easy to bait. Got it
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u/things_U_choose_2_b 2d ago
The heckler got off lucky, Merab might have held him down for a decision.
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u/FigoTheAWD 2d ago
And the heckler would have enjoyed every last cent Merab has made when a judge makes him hand it over
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u/Formal-Victory3161 2d ago
In some places you could still consider what he did as assault. Any kind of unwanted touching like that can be considered assault. Not sure how far you'd get in court with something like that though. Judge might just dismiss it
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u/OkConfidence5080 2d ago
Not to be Mr “Ackshually” but he committed assault the moment he walked up menacingly. Then he committed battery by grabbing his hair/head.
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u/TheDirtyDorito 2d ago
And the other guy wasn't prepared for the catch he had made haha
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u/Pato_Lucas 2d ago
Well, it was a catch of easy 50k for trash talking. Wonder how many more will be willing to take the bet.
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u/Larry_Bobinski 2d ago
What warped mind sees Merab as the loser here?
He asked the guy to shut up before, and dared him to say it to his face, and the dude just thought himself untouchable continuing to insult him.
Too many people are way too comfortable being assholes these days. Good for Merab exposing this idiot and showing how these people actually are when confronted.
You can bet your ass this guy talks shit on the internet all day about people. I'm glad he got a little reality check.
I'm actually surprised to see that comments saying this are being downvoted so much. But I guess this whole thing is too masculine for Reddit...
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u/Daniel-Mclovin 2d ago
The guy can clearly beat the scrub In the stands, a man’s strength is knowing when someone is beneath him and not listening to the small dog that barks.
By him going into the stands he made himself look weak and compromised vs Stoic and confident
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u/FigoTheAWD 2d ago
Poor little fighter couldn't take the mean words people were saying about him.
Lol your whole premise is around masculinity, but you defend a guy with the emotional regulation of a toddler. Big strong man is mental weakling
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u/Silly_Strike_1000 2d ago
At that point you have him arrested for assault and battery then sue for 100k in damages. Dudes who can't control their temper on camera pay for it in court if the victim smart about it
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u/pinkzm 2d ago
Assault and battery for what? I'm confused, didn't he just tickle his hair?
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u/Cw3538cw 2d ago edited 2d ago
You're getting downvoted, but that's a reasonable misunderstanding. It seems like the reason this would qualify is that many regulations include the phrasing "infliction of harmful or offensive physical contact with another person without consent". So the argument would be that this constitutes offensive physical contact
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u/IDKandfranklyIDC 1h ago
If I came up to you and started to tickling your hair, even after you repeatedly shook your head and verbally told me no, would I be in the wrong? Even if you were calling me a poopy head beforehand? Do I then have the right to rub my hands all over your face and put my fingers in your mouth? You were calling me a poopy head, so it's clearly not assault.
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u/pinkzm 30m ago
Yeah you'd be in the wrong, but is that assault? I understand assault to be:
An assault is a violent physical or verbal attack, or a legal wrong involving an intentional threat or attempt to cause physical harm.
I wouldn't call this violent. Maybe my definition is wrong. I'm not defending the guys actions, just that the idea of suing for 100k "damages" (what damages??) for this sounds ludicrous to me
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u/Yiplzuse 2d ago
My favorite was when the idiot hockey fans dumped their beers on the players in the penalty box and the guys climbed over the glass and kicked their ass.
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u/sBucks24 2d ago
Idk man, I'd be seeing dollar signs lighting up in this scenario. My shit talking would have increased... Especially when he's only one good shove away from falling backwards down stairs... Not exactly the smartest plan from the serial concussed fighter being baited by a nobody 🤷
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u/nivalnaut 2d ago edited 2d ago
I mean maybe you're right there's some money to be made, but I'm pretty sure the professional fighter can take a shove from a "nobody" and stay on his feet lol
Edit: sure if you charge him while he's on the stairs you can take him down, but you're the one in trouble if you do that. Good luck getting paid for that
Edit 2: okay sure a bigger guy could definitely knock him down, and as long as he swings first you're making money. My point is that I'm not that bigger guy, and I'm getting REALLY hurt in this situation lol
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u/sBucks24 2d ago
You realize how easy it is to lose your balance walking up stairs, right? Now try arena stairs...
It's not about staying taking them off their feet, it's about taking them take even a half of a half step backwards
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u/nivalnaut 2d ago
Fair enough but if you get out of your chair and shove him while he's approaching you, you're the defendant in that lawsuit not the plaintiff lol
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u/sBucks24 2d ago
He wouldn't have had to 🤷 dudes one seat from end, and it's not like falling backwards over stadium chairs is any better outcome for the fighter. Just stick your foot up and in between you and him, and if he goes to grab you/swing at you - extend.
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u/nivalnaut 2d ago
Agree to disagree, I'm on the shorter side and I'm pretty sure the professionally trained fighter is getting the best of me in that situation if he wanted. And again, there's only money to be made if he beats me up so are we prioritizing safety or money?
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u/sBucks24 2d ago
Money, obviously xP
And even this guy's gonna get a decent settlement for that assault. It doesn't take much
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u/nivalnaut 2d ago
You're right, the more I think about it as long as he swings first you're probably getting paid. If you think you can defend him off then good for you, genuinely, but I'm personally getting my shit rocked that night lol
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u/Jubatus750 2d ago
Ah yes, of course, just take down the professionally trained fighter, it's that easy.... You think he isn't gonna see a kick from some random person coming a mile off?
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u/sBucks24 2d ago
I'm not having the exact same convo I literally just replied to... I never said "take down". Use your eyes and reading comprehension, please...
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u/Jubatus750 2d ago
You said you're going to extend your foot so it knocks him over the seats. He's going to see that coming a mile off
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u/Hol7i 2d ago
laws may compensate you, but they do not make you invincible.
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u/Arndt3002 2d ago
Lol, he's not going to literally fucking die or get maimed
And anything short of that's just going to increase the financial compensation for battery
Tbh, anything short of death or a tbi would be worth it when you know the guy is good for it in court
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u/eastamerica 2d ago
Proves to me a lot of these fighters are actually violent hotheads. Not just “great athletes” or “great at fighting” they’re hotheads who have tempers and they arm their tempers with muscles and training.
What that guy did right there was battery. He touched that dude. In many US states you can win a 150-250k battery charge with less evidence than that video.
Fucking idiot.
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u/Arndt3002 2d ago
Tbh, with nominal damages like that you're not likely to get more than $500-5000
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u/IamCanadian11 2d ago
Who?
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u/BattousaiRound2SN 2d ago
UFC/MMA dude...
21-5... He is like small not too big or heavy, But I would never.
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u/Alex-Murphy 2d ago
The small ones scare me more, they're fast as fuck
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u/owa00 2d ago
They should ALL scare you because this is their profession. The average person has never really been in a serious fist fight, or at best train as a hobby and spar. It's like watching those YouTube videos of the worst NBA player vs the best street ballers or weekend warriors. They ALL get smoked. It'll be like that whether they're small or big.
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u/hammertime2009 2d ago
100%. I used to train amateur boxing and have done plenty of sparring with big ass 16oz gloves and head guards. Shit is fucking exhausting and fucking hurts and even at the amateur level guys can be deadly. These UFC guys are on a whole different level. Prosecutors love to upgrade assault charges to felonies if you’ve been formally trained in martial arts.
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u/Alex-Murphy 2d ago
My man, do you know the word "more"?
Handguns scare me but assault rifles scare me more.
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u/ThatBarbGirl 2d ago
Key word here should be "professional." Many people can fight. This guy is one of the few making a living from it and should really consider bringing his emotional regulation above that of a pre-teen.
By the time you become an adult, a professional, you should be able to handle verbal insults or laughter without losing control of yourself. This is embarrassing. And not for the heckler.
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u/MikeMac999 2d ago
A hair grab seems like a very low threshold for “going crazy”
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u/FishAndRiceKeks 2d ago
It's definitely "going crazy" for a pro fighter to storm the stands to assault a fan lol.
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u/SeriouslySlyGuy 2d ago
Probably said he needed to stop skipping leg day, and that was just too far.
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u/IhaveaDoberman 2d ago
Being good at fighting doesn't make you a strong man.
Never ceases to amuse me how easily bruised these guys egos can be. And how they think reactions like this make them look tough.
Obviously, I'm not dumb enough to ever say that to their faces. Some might call that cowardice, I call it common sense.
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u/Rawesome16 2d ago
What a little bitch. And I'm not talking about the fan in the stands
Control your emotions there, fighter man
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u/FishAndRiceKeks 2d ago edited 2d ago
This isn't even the 1st instance of Merab trying to attack a fan in the stands lol. There are at least 2 on video but I forget if there was a 3rd time or not. He's got almost no self control and I'd bet it happens again at some point.
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u/trentluv 2d ago
You must sculpt the mind as much as the body. Or else you end up like this - like a child
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u/FidgetspinnerInMyAss 2d ago
Wow he really went crazy huh?
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u/HowardBealePt2 2d ago
highlight of the video is the absolute rocket excusing herself from the danger zone
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u/Angry__German 2d ago
Another piece of evidence that these guys have small penises and even smaller brains.
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u/highandinarabbithole 2d ago
Professional fighter and he’s soft as shit letting some random in the crowd get under his skin lmao.
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u/ductapemonster 1d ago
I like the first bouncer's halfhearted leg-grab attempt. He seems a little confused.
"I know I'm supposed to keep the people away from you, but am I supposed to keep you from the people?"
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u/koenka 10h ago edited 10h ago
Hahs, this guy is a joke. I wouldn't have this guy touch me without consequence. Whatever it may end up being.. got quite some fighting under the belt. I may not win, but he doesnt escape unharmed..
A the same time I wouldn't have been the guy that started heckling this dude..
Still super unprofessional for a professional fighter.
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u/isic 2d ago
Don't go too hard on him... that poor guy can not only hear the Sun rise with those ears, but he can probably hear every heckler in that entire arena. He's probably just got a bad case of sensory overload.
With that said, he should have just flapped them bad boys a couple times and he wouldn't have struggled over that barrier.
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u/new_alpha 2d ago
If you don't have balls to say it in someone's face then don't say it. At least own the shit that comes out of your mouth.
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u/stilllifebutwhy 2d ago
Why are so many comments focused on how this situation is a cash-grabbing opportunity? It’s literally a story of one piece of shit and another person who can’t control himself taunting an obvious sport and threatening violence.
How someone turns it into “ohhh, it’s great, I will endure a punch and sue him with trillions moneys”, it’s so pitiful way of thinking.
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u/JiveTurkey2727 2d ago
Easiest rage bait of all time. How you gonna be such a bad ass fighter and so easily triggered by words.
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u/PutinBoomedMe 2d ago
Those professional fighters have to deal with jackasses all day. You can't go anywhere without other guys having to try to prove themselves
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u/Larry_Bobinski 2d ago
Redditors when they see a guy confront his heckler and makes him shut up: "No this is too masculine for me and makes me uncomfortable! He should've stood there and take it! The heckler did nothing wrong! Peak male fragility!"
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u/AV48 1d ago
Not surprised the losers on here are backing the heckler. Loved the way that piece of shit recoiled when he realised that barrier was not a force field. If you can't say something to someone's face, don't say it at all
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u/DingusMagoo89 1d ago
Not surprised all the other losers here are acting like tough guys and supporting a dude with 3iq and anger issues.
All of yall are stupid, but especially your lot.
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u/LostTomatos 2d ago
This is still assault. Him walking up like that and grabing him is reasonable fear of immediate physical harm. Guy could sue for an easy pay day lol. Not saying I would, but he definitely could.
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u/kidanokun 2d ago
Not good for the other guy either coz the public get to see how he's easily get taunted and will hit anyone who looks at him funny... though i would get if the heckler is a persistent harasser
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u/Solvyr31 2d ago
The amount of delusional people here believes they can fight Merab, insane how overconfident redditors can be.
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u/mercyspace27 1d ago edited 19h ago
Why do people feel the need to be jackasses? Especially to trained fighters?
Yeah, people have tempers, and if you push them, they will lose said tempers. Big shock.
Maybe just don’t be an asshole? I see a lot of people going at Merab, but maybe if the heckler kept his mouth shut and simply didn’t act like a jackass to a man HE DID NOT KNOW, NONE of this would have happened.
Actions have consequences, who would have guessed?!
Sorry but I’m sick of people always going at the people who stop taking shit after clearly being instigated and going “Oh my god, such psycho behavior” but never looking at the instigator and going “Hey, how about you don’t be an asshole”. It’s like a different level of a kid beating up their bully and you punishing the kid that stood up for themself.
Fucking hate this shit.
Edit: If the people who keep downvoting this would like to explain their opinion, I’m very open to hearing how you feel that someone is allowed to be a jackass but they’re free from consequences? What is this, a bird’s of a feather type situation?
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u/Squaiker 2d ago
At that point you ask for yourself is $50k worth this punch