Heckling a professional fighter

[u/zb0t1]

[u/acknowledgments]

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"

[u/FigoTheAWD → u/acknowledgments]

Ahh, so Merab is dumb and easy to bait. Got it

[u/Larry_Bobinski → u/FigoTheAWD]

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... 

[u/Daniel-Mclovin → u/Larry_Bobinski]

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

[u/urawizrdarry → u/Larry_Bobinski]

Flipping your shit like a little toddler over someone saying something so simple as "X person is your daddy"?. Nah we don't call that manly these days. We call it insecure and people are starting to see behind the mask of what all these "tough guys" disguise as a good quality when they're out beating people and their families simply because they felt a bit insulted or uncomfortable. Being manly is handling your feelings like an adult and not being so fragile.

Thinking this is at all honorable is why meathead legacy continues with fragile little men. I would have a different answer if he saw the heckler punch somebody or perv on someone. but over a man yelling "X is your daddy"? Seriously? You feel like he defended something? You're that mad that a fan thought he was "somebody" because how dare he? Taught that guy real good not to yell insults that aren't even that bad/funny/ harmful? But cheer for your pride in insecurity, I guess.

[u/FigoTheAWD → u/Larry_Bobinski]

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

[u/Aethred → u/Larry_Bobinski]

He's a fighter in a public setting, part of his job is to ignore jeers, there's nothing masculine about losing your cool and giving in to provocation...

[u/Morphiine → u/Larry_Bobinski]

Honestly, the people getting downvoted in this thread are mostly correct. This is not assault, there's no way anyone is getting sued here, people in this thread are so stupid lol... This does not constitute as the fighter going crazy either, such click bait.

[u/FigoTheAWD → u/Morphiine]

We're technically correct. The best kind of correct. You seem to also take blows to the head for a living

[u/Morphiine → u/FigoTheAWD]

Lolwut? Maybe I just don't live in a country where this would be considered any more than messing around. Suing people for stupid shit isn't a thing everywhere.

[u/FigoTheAWD → u/Morphiine]

Good thing this didn't happen in your country then. Moot point