Internet sensation Hasbulla has been filmed jokingly punching YouTube star Adam Saleh in the face during the pair's meeting on 'Fight Island' in Abu Dhabi.
The viral star who has often been branded as the 'Mini Khabib' has travelled across to the country to watch Khabib Nurmagomedov's protege Islam Makhachev in his UFC 267 meeting with Dan Hooker.
He has built a huge following on TikTok as a blogger from Dagestan who has a type of dwarfism.
And he has been seen in his latest viral video with YouTube star Saleh throwing punches which was posted on Saleh's Instagram page.
The pair were friendly and Saleh commented: "Face-to-face with my next opponent Hasbulla, he punches hard!
Hasbulla has been pictured with Nurmagomedov and Makhachev recently and will be attending the UFC 267 event this weekend and also plans talks with the promotion's boss Dana White.
Makhachev will look to continue his meteoric rise through the UFC lightweight division by dethroning a top contender in Hooker to edge another step closer to a shot at a world title.
And the Dagestani has sent a warning message to Hooker as he prepares to take on his friend Makhachev.
"Dan Hooker. Listen to me, my brother. [I'll] smash you, be careful," he said on his Instagram page.
Hasbulla has started his own personal rivalry on TikTok with fellow viral star Abdu Rozik who also has a form of dwarfism.
And Hooker has satirically responded to Hasbulla's threats by backing his rival Rozik ahead of his Makhachev test on Saturday night.
"Who's the other bloke? Who's the guy on my team. Abdu. Abdu's on my team. I got a horse on the race," he told reporters.
"I'm training my boy Abdu. No word of a lie, I'm not even s******* you. Abdu's on my team. Hasbulla can be on his team. He's picked his horse. He's picked the losing horse. Game on baby."
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Makhachev who will be supported by Hasbulla on Saturday night has certainly raised many eyebrows since his UFC debut in 2015.
And naturally he has been linked with a future lightweight bout against Irish star Conor McGregor who is a bitter rival of Makhachev's long-time friend Nurmagomedov.
But the Russian's manager Ali Abdelaziz believes that the Irish superstar would rather spent time in prison than share the cage with the rising star.
"At the end of the day, all these guys are going to fight each other," he told MMA Junkie. "If Justin Gaethje wins, he's gonna fight for the title, if Conor McGregor wants to get one more a**-whooping from the Dagestani mafia, we can give it to him, you know.
"Listen, at the the end of the day he's still talking, he still insulted people, assaulted people. Still going to jail but listen, being locked in jail or being locked with Islam Makhachev? I think he would choose jail.
