Sajjad Gharibi, also known as the 'Iranian Hulk', and Djumanov Almat Bakhytovich, who is referred to as the 'Kazakh Titan', have signed contracts for their fight in Dubai on July 31.
Gharibi and Bakhytovich will fight at the P7 Arena in the Media One Hotel later this month. Social media star, Gharibi who has over one million Instagram followers, was due to make his boxing debut in April against Martyn Ford but the fight was later cancelled.
The Iranian has been pushing for another fight in recent months and Mirror Fighting recently announced he signed a deal to face Bakhytovich. In a video posted by Mostafa Hashemzehi, both Gharibi and Bakhytovich can be seen signing contracts for the super-heavyweight clash. Gharibi said whilst signing the contract, "I want to fight in Dubai, I will come and smash the Titan."
Bakhytovich doesn't share the same popularity as his strongman rival on social media, only boasting 24,000 Instagram followers. He has been repeatedly calling out Gharibi after his fight with Ford was cancelled and has now received his wish. The card will be co-promoted by British company Wicked 'N' Bad, who have previously hosted influencer boxing events.
Also featuring on the July 31 event is YouTube star Ryan Taylor, who was removed from an upcoming influencer card on July 16 for clashing with his opponent in a hotel. In his last fight, Taylor was disqualified for head-butting his opponent DK Money on a Showstar boxing card.
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Gharibi's scheduled fight with the 'World's Scariest Man' Ford was pushed back one time before eventually being cancelled entirely. The Brit pulled out due to concerns over Gharibi's mental health, with the Iranian claiming his parents had disowned him after a farcical face-off with Ford.
"I cannot call my family; when I returned [to Iran] I didn't go to my family," Gharibi said during an Iranian TV interview while bursting into tears ."I can't talk to my father and my mother.
"When I spoke to her, [she] said: 'The person in this video that I saw was not my son, my son is way stronger than this'. It hurts my heart when I can't talk to my family. I have lost my pride and I am destroyed. How can I explain? They deceived me and I fell to the ground."
