“Hasbulla: The Dwarf Social Media Star and Controversial Figure”

Find out who Hasbulla is, social media star and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) world superstar, even though he’s never actually fought.

Hasbulla, 20, is from Dagestan, a small republic in Russia.

The young man is dwarfed and measures barely 3 feet, without ever having had a real diagnosis from his doctors.

On his Instagram account, where he has 8.6 million subscribers, Hasbulla shares his passions: firearms, sports cars, combat sports and humor.

Those who don’t know him have probably seen his face in memes. He also films himself eating his salad, having fun with filters or speaking Russian.

Hasbulla, who does not speak English, said the reason so many people enjoy his videos is “because[il] makes them happy and [qu’il] makes them smile.”

The video that made him famous was released in 2021, when he participated in an interview with a Turkmen, who also had dwarfism. This interview was supposed to look like a pre-fight press conference for an MMA match

In fact, in the half-hour clip, the pair exchange insults, Hasbulla calls his opponent a bad Muslim for supporting online sports betting, and Hasbulla’s opponent calls him a bad Muslim for swearing. .

Controversial positions

Hasbulla does not dither on religion. Like most Dagestanis, he is Muslim.

“I have my own principles that I won’t deviate from for money or for fame,” he said, adding that he thought that was one of the reasons he was followed so much. .

In 2021, he posed alongside Ramzan Kadyrov, who is the head of Chechnya, who supports the Russian invasion and who has been sanctioned by the United States for his role in it.

On February 24, 2022, the first day of the war in Ukraine, Hasbullah posted a photo on Twitter where he poses on a tank with the caption “the peacekeepers have arrived”.

Jair Bolsonaro is also among Hasbullah’s admirers. Shortly after Hasbulla publicly showed his support for the former Brazilian president, his team asked him to focus on his passions and avoid talking politics.

In December 2021, Russian newspaper Lenta.ru reported that Hasbulla had been suspended from Instagram for threatening a woman he believed had posted a clip of his sister online.

Hasbulla angered some on social media last month after he shared a video in which he slapped his cat.