The Story of Hasbullah Magomedov, the TikTok “Babe” for Fighting, Smoking and Drinking Alcohol

The 18-year-old is training for a fight against a rapper who suffers from a similar illness.

Social networks have been inundated for weeks with videos of a new viral phenomenon from Russia: it is a “Child” who smokes, drinks alcohol, he drives sports cars, lifts weights and fights on TikTok.

The protagonist is called Hasbullah Magomedov and his secret is that in reality it is not a baby, but an 18 year old who is in pain acondroplasia, a form of dwarfism caused by a genetic condition that makes him look like a real Benjamin Button.

Born and raised in Majachkala, the capital of the Dagestan region, Hasbullah has managed to become a real star of social networks: he has accumulated hundreds of thousands of subscribers on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram thanks to his humorous videos, his charisma. and his high-pitched voice and contagious laughter.

The key to its success is the confusion that its appearance generates: He is barely a meter tall, weighs 16 kilos and looks like a child, but he does things for adults.

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Hailing from the same location as former UFC Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, Hasbullah began posting videos of fights with children in 2020 and with his growing fame he managed to establish a friendship with the fighter: they organized a dinner together during which simulated a fight with Abdu Rozik, a rapper who suffers from a similar illness, also very often in networks.

Now they promise to have a real fight between themselves, sponsored by Nurmagomedov himself, Floyd Mayweather vs. YouTuber Logan Paul. And for that, Hasbullah is already training with members of the fight team that destroyed Conor McGregor.

The two opponents have already met in the traditional press conference held before the fight, and things got very spicy: at one point, Hasbullah pounced on the rapper, even kicking him before he went. ‘to be calmed by Khabib.

The upcoming fight drew sharp criticism from Uliana Podpalnaya, head of the Russian Midget Sports Association, who described the fight as “Immoral and false. “

The fight caught the attention of many, with some supporting the match and others calling it a mockery of their condition.

Despite his fame, Hasbullah does not want his life to be controlled by networks. In addition to his influencer career, the young man plans to complete his studies and learn the Quran to become an Islamic theologian in Dagestan, a region with a strong Muslim majority.