Media Beef is brewing between Merab and Petr Yan

[HNIC215]

Angry Merab is the best Merab.



I want that trilogy now!

 

[Vito Spatafore]

MMA is in a sad state when fighters are arguing about whether their conversations on twitter.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Merab is cracking
Don’t feed him after midnight

 

[FlyAmericanEagle]

Yan is a Russian Bully and so are his friends. Nothing new.

Thank god America puts into place bullies like that.

 

[humdizzle]

Thats just how Yan rolls. He's not really there to make friends or tell his opponent 'great job bro that was a good scrap!'.

He'll just shake your hand before and after the fight and be on his way.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

So it’s come to this in 2025 MMA?

 

[Russie]

There are several fighters who I wonder if they write their own social media. Regardless though looking forward to when they tie up again in the cage.

 

[Deceasedxo]

Tbf, it's been pretty obvious from the beginning of his career than Yan is a dick. Expecting him to be a nice guy is delusional.

 

[World eater]

Yan is a Russian Bully and so are his friends. Nothing new.

Thank god America puts into place bullies like that.

Takes one to know one.

 

[UWPguy]

Yan is a Russian Bully and so are his friends. Nothing new.

Thank god America puts into place bullies like that.

He seems like one of the meanest guys in the UFC.

Reminds me of a guy who I knew growing up. He grew to all of 5'3" but was tough, strong and a state level wrestler in HS. If you were his friend he was generally cool but was arrogant to neutral people and an absolute asshole to anyone he didn't like.

 

[Clark Rogers]

MMA is in a sad state when fighters are arguing about whether their conversations on twitter.

Twitter, IG, TikTok, Facebook, and the like are the biggest factors in the mushbrain epidemic that has taken over.

 

[linvillegorge]

He seems like one of the meanest guys in the UFC.

Reminds me of a guy who I knew growing up. He grew to all of 5'3" but was tough, strong and a state level wrestler in HS. If you were his friend he was generally cool but was arrogant to neutral people and an absolute asshole to anyone he didn't like.

Yeah, you can tell he's a mean little fucker. That works to your advantage in a lot of sports though, particularly combat sports.

But I really don't see how this particular situation is so bad. He basically just said, "hey, I don't run my social media and that wasn't me" and I guess Merab caught feelings thinking he was having a genuine exchange with Yan. The stuff about the guys in Yan's camp? I mean, that's between them and Merab. This just seems much ado about nothing mainly stemming from a professional athlete farming out his social media same as I would if I was in that situation. I'd hire some PR person to run all those accounts for me and I'd stay out of it.

 

[DreyDay]

Who really gives a shit about this. Merab seems to be all in his feelings.
Apart from that, he keeps trashing his home land so why would he respect him

 

[Young Calf Kick]

So it’s come to this in 2025 MMA?

exactly

Like what the fuck am I even reading? There’s literally fucking nothing there

 

[DreyDay]

He seems like one of the meanest guys in the UFC.

Reminds me of a guy who I knew growing up. He grew to all of 5'3" but was tough, strong and a state level wrestler in HS. If you were his friend he was generally cool but was arrogant to neutral people and an absolute asshole to anyone he didn't like.

There is nothing mean about him. His character seems to be "lost in translation" if you know what I mean. If you understand russian, he is normal, funny dude

 

[Ares Black]

Yan is a Russian Bully and so are his friends. Nothing new.

Thank god America puts into place bullies like that.

Uh, America loves bullies

 

[HNIC215]

Yan is a Russian Bully and so are his friends. Nothing new.

Thank god America puts into place bullies like that.

 

[HNIC215]

So it’s come to this in 2025 MMA?

 

[Ginja_Ninja]

Not surprising, I would say >75% of well known fighters do not handle their own social media (or at least not all the time)

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Merab should settle it in the cage.... 3 days ago