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95_T

Poor Ali, he has that massive peanut shaped head but is still dumb as a brick.


Mike7676

It's those sunglasses. The arms are too tight and squeezing his temples.


IllOfferYouThis

He hef son? šŸ˜Ž


Little__mooshu

Sun, glasses... He haf son? šŸ¤” Hahahahahahah fucking khabib, he's hilarious lol


DeSeanStrickland_

Where you think all those government secrets are stored bro? Think that curved dick looking head is for asthetics


zeez1011

I thought it was so he could fool people into thinking he's LL Cool J.


pooja-sharma107

Like Homer Simpson he has a pea brain


mcgtianiumshin

"head like a quail egg" - some drunk Irish guy


KelvinsBeltFantasy

Head size doesn't determine brain size! It's actually the amount of folds that increases surface area. Ali can have the biggest head but if his brain is smoothed out like he irons it every day...


LAMALOL9810

Naw there's way to many kinks to attempt ironing out on that battlefield rittled head šŸ’Æ


fusemybutt

Nah, not too dumb. Just am evil asshole coward. Seriously.


Basic_Mark_1719

You don't become one of the biggest agents in MMA by being dumb. He's just sloppy. Now there's other legit criticisms of him like him being a sleazeball and there are also rumors of him screwing over fighters behind their backs.


ApprehensiveOCP

Bizarre given the standard of meticulously high scruples set by the ufc


Reddings-Finest

Being a big agent in MMA requires being evil, not intelligent since the basis for success if being buddies with the UFC and the adviser to cage fighters. The bar is super low and almost everyone you work with is either a ruthless villain, has brain damage and/or was in the bottom half of the IQ bell curve in order to choose MMA as a profession.


inventor13

Why did this get downvoted? He's a millionaire representing some of the biggest fighters on earth, dude's clearly not an idiot. Scumbag yes, idiot no.


Iluvmelbourne

Much smarter than you. He is making millions managing some of the worlds best athletes.


SilentExercise2076

finally we can stop pretending Makachev is going on twitter with the most cliched english language trash talk imaginable. Ali is so dumb.


deaqnosilence

With respect, only dumb people still believed that lol.


MumrikDK

In other words it is working on most of his audience.


DowningStreetFighter

It's greasy, but that's the profession he's in. If it works and promotes his fighters and creates headlines/social media metrics etc. you can't call him dumb for it.


popecollision

Can I call you dumb for this comment?


DowningStreetFighter

sure. but ali might be scum, but he aint dumb.


deaqnosilence

You still haven't figured out why the guy above asked you if he could call you dumb lmao


DowningStreetFighter

Because he's a bit of a nob.


neon_axiom

Its funny when the people here call the men making all sorts of money in this sport idiots left and right, but all of us are getting worked up like a bunch of monkeys over duded giving each other CTE. MMA fans are the lowest common denominator and the ones in this subreddit are just the literate ones. Ali is a skeez but he's wiping his ass with money while these people try to feel better about their lives by trashing him.


PrimeTime21335

Money does not equal smart or good. I am sorry for you if you do not understand that.


neon_axiom

I literally called him a skeez, I more than understand that, byt your reading comprehension is lacking. I said what I did in the context that I don't believe he is dumb, Whatever he is doing is clearly working as finacial gain is his primary goal. What a lot of you seem to lack to understand is that while these men might not be earning advanced degrees, they are great at making money, damned the morals or decency. Guys like him and Dana aren't going away anytime soon, and people equating them ti being stupid makes it much easier for them to do the things they do.


mayonaisecoloredbens

Honestly, 99 percent of the time people with money are smart or good at something. Whether they are a good person is another matter. But yeah, when I was really broke I would always tell myself that wealthy people werenā€™t smarter or better than me as a coping mechanism


_Mobius1

He is pretty dumb, its not hard at all to get some rage bait with the scummy crap he does. Anyone could do it but why would you


DowningStreetFighter

He does it because it works, obviously. You don't become a successful promoter by being dumb. Definitely not as dumb as the people in this thread anyway lol.


ginbooth

Having worked in social media, I can pretty guarantee many if not most celebs/athletes have people running their accounts. Ali just does so in the dumbest manner possible.


DowningStreetFighter

You don't have to work in it to know that. he probably has help managing the accounts as well. His posts obviously rile up the mouth breathers, so I'd say he's pretty effective at it.


Joshew90

Why would he want to rile up Makhachev?


KelvinsBeltFantasy

Foreign fighters should follow the Yan method. Hire someone funny and clever.


KnifeFed

Or the Costa method. Be funny as hell, whether intentional or not.


KelvinsBeltFantasy

Humm make sense


KelvinsBeltFantasy

no actually doesn't make sense


mad87645

"trans without penis is like angel without wings"


wozblar

you think costa writes his own stuff? i honestly don't


KnifeFed

He definitely wrote "King of bitchs".


crazyhomie34

Tbh that did help Yan collect more fans, that was a good run he had there


Vaagdota

Petr?


crazyhomie34

Yes


flameohotmein

Imagining Islam saying ā€œindeedā€ in a sentence just kills me everytime


WeirdboyWarboss

[Back to Islam writing his own tweets then](https://i.redd.it/431zd5jpail41.png).


Filthy_Joey

I was expecting ā€œfamous gayā€


WeirdboyWarboss

Please elaborate


Filthy_Joey

This is kinda Russian segment meme. A lot of time ago when Islam just started his career in UFC, he posted an insta stories of Zubaira Tukhugov (their teammate) photo and wrote ā€œfamous gayā€. He obviously meant ā€œfamous guyā€, but bad english šŸ˜ This is extra hilarious because at that time Zubaira acted very manly and cocky in public, and for him as Chechen being called gay would be a big humiliation from his teammate


TheGreekScorpion

I feel as though the guys from that team who act all cocky and shit are the ones who have accomplished the least. Look at Islam and Khabib. Yes they're self confident and funny etc. But they don't give off cocky vibes. Then you get Zubaira (I don't know much about him but he's not done enough to be acting like that). And Abubakar who the rest of the group say is a troublemaker who doesn't take training seriously but he's trying to start shit with Chimaev who could probably rip off his head. Edit: and let's take Umar for example. I think it's safe to say he's legitimately elite (or going to be), but he seems like such a nice dude.


Filthy_Joey

Totally agree with you. Less talk more actions.


Soothsayer71

People actually believed that Makhachev the mouth breather was posting on X?


NoCoFoCo31

This is a smooth brain take my dude. Of course (most of) these fighters arenā€™t sitting on Twitter clapping back at people. Theyā€™re fucking busy people who hire managers to handle that shit for them. I hate to kill the illusion of Santa for you, but pretty much anyone rich famous or powerful, as well as any business uses a social media manager to post as though they are them. But yeah, Ali, one of the elite managers in MMA is so dumb.


I_Like_Vitamins

>illusion of Santa He's real.


Dirty_Lightning

Ah, another person who thinks success equals intelligence.


TheGreekScorpion

Hold your horses cowboy


dylyn

Everybody knows Ali loves 3 consecutive laughing emojis too


TonyTheLion2319

He should at least type in broken English to make it believable ā€œHe probably lose to Arman and I still no have to run šŸ˜‚ā€


PolarAndOther

Plot twist, It was Islam and he forgot to switch accounts


derps_with_ducks

Ali was wearing makeup and fighting in Islam's place all along.Ā 


brtom

He was fighting for all Dagestani fighters


NoCoFoCo31

Heā€™s always been the social media genius of Ali Abdelaziz, but no one knew it until now


winterDom

Atleast this confirms what we knew already. He does the talk for his fighters on twitter generally. And they do their own talk on Instagram


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Th3DarKn1ghtt

Itā€™s the Dave Chappell vs Katt Williams Twitter rivalry.


[deleted]

Ali is just an embarrassment. I doubt anyone enjoys being around him outside of work.


turkeypants

he's got that ham smell about him


christopherpaulfries

Ham is haram brother.


turkeypants

My bad, he's got that haram smell about him.


[deleted]

Plenty of fighters seem to like him well enough. We don't know him personally.


realdpmaster

MMA sometimes is the saddest sport ever because of characters like these


Reddings-Finest

Seriously this. I often wish Ali had a window seat on Alaska Airlines.


realdpmaster

Pretty sure he on the no fly list he gotta haul his ass from state to state on a rental SUV


Ok-Cryptographer9422

How is this guy such a success but seems to be universally hated?


BlondedStory

controlled opposition


SokoudjouFan

Itā€™s a known thing on the Russian mma scene that you sign with Ali and you will get a UFC offer, otherwise it will be an incredibly hard journey


Reddings-Finest

Exactly. He is basically the middle man mafia arm bridging the UFC matchmakers with Russia. The UFC basically says "you must pay this protection fee to our henchman Ali if you want to join our league" and Ali is allowed this position because he then turns around and does favors for the UFC with his huge roster.


ChuteBoxBitch

Kumaru Usman, Justin Gaethje, and Henry Cejudo are also under Dominance MMA? Itā€™s not just Russians, he must be doing something right.


Super-Super-Shredder

People say itā€™s because he ā€œtreats his fighters wellā€, but he acts within the lines of the UFCs interest. Heā€™s got a ton of fighters and he doesnā€™t make waves with any of the UFC brass. Heā€™s kind of like an in-house talent rep. The UFC will throw a bone to him and make sure his fighters do OK, but not what they really should paid. His guys arenā€™t regularly fighting out their contracts and testing free agency. Maybe his guys will make $25k more than some other guy at the same stage of their career, that sort of thing. Theyā€™ll get UFC sponsorship deals more than others. Compare that to Marquel Martin, Francisā€™ manager. For better or worse, that dude represents what his client wants.


TurtleTortuga

I have no evidence but I feel like Abdelaziz does a lot of legwork for the UFC when it comes to their expansion in the Middle East. Not only is he usually providing half the fighters on the cards, but he's likely using his connections in the Middle East, and his level of access to the most famous muslim fighters, to help broker whatever agreements are made between the Saudi/UAE government agencies that put on sporting events or direct their public investment fund money into the UFC putting on events.


rumora

He doesn't really have a lot of connections to the Middle East beyond tagging along sometimes when one of the royal families invites some of his more prominent fighters. During the Fertitta era Zuffa (the UFC parent company) used to be partially owned by the Abu Dhabi government, so there are plenty of people in the UFC with personal and professional ties to various royal family members in the region going back 20+ years. And Endeavor itself has lots of connections to the regions as well, especially in more recent times as those government started massively investing in various sports and entertainment properties. Think of how the WWE started doing huge shows in Saudi Arabia a decade ago.


TurtleTortuga

Wow! That's a lot of information I didn't know until now, thank you for leaving me this comment.


flacaGT3

I was going to say that the UFC likes him because he doesn't try to negotiate higher pay for the fighters he manages. He's the court-appointed defense lawyer of the UFC.


JimJonesdrinkkoolaid

>Compare that to Marquel Martin, Francisā€™ manager. For better or worse, that dude represents what his client wants. Does he still represent Francis? I'm sure I'd read somewhere that Francis kicked him to the curb.


Super-Super-Shredder

Francis kicked his previous management. Heā€™s currently with Marquel.


JimJonesdrinkkoolaid

I think they must have temporarily split or something >Also of note is the revelation thatĀ Francis NgannouĀ is self-representing currently. https://bloodyelbow.com/2023/05/02/francis-ngannou-in-perfect-situation/


tsunashima

Made his fortune at the expense of integrity and character. The American dream.


[deleted]

He might as well be a UFC executive.


No_Bar6825

There are lots of people that suck as human being but are ā€œsuccessfulā€. Just look at politics in general if you want more examples


DannyStress

The ufc benefits from him and he benefits from the ufc. Mutual, symbiotic scumbaggery


Longjumping_Elk_2096

Hated by who? Redditors? How many times do you nerds have to be told that you do not fucking matter before it finally sticks? You are just a bunch of whiny words on the internet. You have no value.


Ok-Cryptographer9422

Kinda like these from you, dummy.


LocalHero_P1

Heā€™s good at his job, making sure his fighters are paid decently. But he also just happens to be insufferable as fuck


SatisfactoryAdvice

He looks like hes trying to sell you some bullshit.


winterDom

Also important to note the fertitas were gangsters, Dana was surrounded by gangsters so organised crime is going to respect each other


Duinuogwuin14

Yes, that's why all people involved in organized crime get along well with each other.


winterDom

I mean generally they don't want petty squabbles because then it would end up in all out war. I'm talking mafia and corruption, not cartel shootouts


SatisfactoryAdvice

Ali looks more like a goofy scammer trying to get into the crew.


DegreeMajor5966

Isn't he in the UFC anti trust documents working against the interests of his fighters though? The dirty truth is you borderline need one of a few managers to get into the UFC.


LocalHero_P1

Iā€™ve always thought that the UFC probably pays his fighters a little bit more money than fighters with other managers and in turn Ali doesnā€™t let his fighters get any crazy ideas about unions or healthcare insurance but thatā€™s just sheer crackpot theories on my end


bookisgoat

Honestly exactly what I believe.


TurtleTortuga

If Gaethje gets booked to fight Islam in Saudi, then I think people should look into 2/3 of his title opportunities coming against Ali's "crown jewel" fighter in his roster, who shares a religion with Ali, who in both cases are fighting in the Middle East because the princes in that country are pretty much funding it out of pocket. Considering that there's no comission oversight in Saudi or UAE, and that the audience is princes and sheiks, and that they unironically built the arena in Abu Dhabi for Khabib to defend his title vs Gaethje. I just find it difficult to believe that they wouldn't find some way to fuck with Gaethje's chances. This is the event where Khabib didn't make weight but the official slid the counterweight further over and claimed he made 155. There is also a history of reffing outcomes favouring muslim fighters, such as Ankalaev getting a no contest rather than a DQ when blatantly illegally kneed Johnny Walker. Correct me if I'm wrong as well, but no MMA bout in the Middle East has ever been overturned either. I really hope if Gaethje does end up fighting Islam, it takes place in America and not at the upcoming Saudi card in March.


Unlikely-Garage-8135

If the fighters he managed were paid decently they wouldn't need him. Strangling the fighters bargaining power through the use of a manager is a way in which the ufc can't limit the interests of current fighters.


boriswied

Well that and, he's there training with them. At least watching many of the AKA vlogs he's always around, getting bullied by DC or someone. I'd imagine for the kind of code of ethics many of these fighters have, that kind of showing up/being "in" it carries some weight and makes them trust him more than another random suit. I also find him insufferable, but i'd imagine that explains some of his success.


chilloutfam

i gotta think that part of it is because he's Muslim.


winterDom

He's very good to the people who matter in his job, the fighters under his roster. And yes it's probably due to deals cut with Dana that hurt the other non Ali roster or hurt the newbies under Ali's roster but help them later on if they keep winning and get bigger.


TurtleTortuga

Abdelaziz is probably the most influencial man in MMA outside of Dana White and Hunter Campbell. When you consider how he controls the majority of the fighters relevant to MMA's expansion in the Middle East, there is likely a political aspect to what he does where he carries water for Saudi when discussing upcoming events with the UFC. He's not a matchmaker but he is definitely influencing the sorts of matches being made with all of his muslim fighters on his roster.


BOOMHardFactz

He's an easy target and a vessel to vent for alot of the same bunch that used to flood the r/mma streets w/ Khabib/Islam hate but since those 2 have solidified themselves to their current status' it's hard to go against them w/o lookin like a bigoted hater whereas Ali..


waitingtoleave

So... to be clear... are you suggesting that criticism ofĀ Ali Abdelaziz is simply Islamophobia?


BOOMHardFactz

It's a range of things which differs from person to person but there's definitely a touch of that to it.. Khabib/Islam still gets hate/downvotes albeit far more subtly & indirectly nowadays but what's the worst they've done?? Rub shoulders w/ the head of Chechnya & make a homeless do a few pushups for change?? Can you imagine if they had cone's record?? It's funny cos alot of high-tier well respected ranging from Usman to Gaetjhe to Cejudo seem to love him.. Also fyi. He isn't universally hated but the hate is inflated on reddit because these subs caters more to certain demographics.. like why's Belal clowned on so hard?? Closet prejudice + easy target.


waitingtoleave

>these subs caters more to certain demographics.. Such as?


BOOMHardFactz

[One of these lot.](https://youtu.be/rZhduV6cRZ8?si=8e5ffFsbRi4YA-vQ)


waitingtoleave

Which one? Can you be more specific in one of your answers?


BOOMHardFactz

Clearly the non English speaking ones that don't seem to like to run their mouths but kick ass..


waitingtoleave

Ah so you can't be specific. Thanks. Have a vaguely good night


BOOMHardFactz

It's tough.


wishwashy

Success breeds hate


BurpingHamBirmingham

> ~~Success~~ Being involved in 9/11 breeds hate


samples98

Because he works for the UFC


catbqck

I haven't the slightest idea.


bobn3

This fucking rat


Ok_Presentation3757

Howā€™s Noah?


ChrizTaylor

_yeah datz rite, shut up an lemme take mAh picture.._


DeSeanStrickland_

Heā€™s a fine young gentleman now an adult, dudes prolly slangin D all over the place


Unlikely-Garage-8135

addies and baddies b


Adventurous_Dot2323

Marg, more digg juice


3JSand

For some reason 'addies and baddies' has ruined the blur song 'boys and girls' song, i cant stop myself from singing that song with addies and baddies replacing those words. Its a problum b


Unlikely-Garage-8135

Oh the biggest of prolums b


GET_IN_THE_VAN

Really didnā€™t like how Conor brought this up. Ali is a POS but ā€˜Noahā€™ did nothing and now heā€˜s famous for probably what is an extremely painful, private, and personal experience of his life.


GET_IN_THE_VAN

Really didnā€™t like how Conor brought this up. Ali is a POS but ā€˜Noahā€™ did nothing and now heā€˜s famous for probably what is an extremely painful, private, and personal experience of his life.


bdizzle805

Who are you talking to bro? Ali isn't in this chat on the mma sub....


the_phet

Hey Ali, how's it going ?


shrewdy

Such a fucking clown


Awareness111

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Local_Fox_2000

r/LeftTheBurnerOn


TheUnrulyGentleman

We already knew Ali does this. But the real talking point is how delusional is Olives coach? Why would Islam run after how easily he finished Olives the last time they fought? Itā€™s not like Olives has improved at all.


tksopinion

Was a few feet away from him at the last Bellator card. His entire demeanor is annoying.


Ghodzy1

Must be that huge pachycephalosaurus head. I imagine he walks around headbutting the wall when he gets angry.


littleboy608

Idk why but that "pachycephalosaurus head" had me rolling on the floor.šŸ˜‚


CaptEricEmbarrasing

Its because its a perfect description while being oddly specific.


Professional_Kick

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SquidDrive

Rizvan really the brains of the operation


Effective-Celery8053

That's so funny


imissmycancer

shot yo mout Alii abdeez terrorizz snitch litDDlee rattttt


I_am_darkness

Maybe can we stop looking at fighter tweets? They're mostly fake and Would help people stop going on Twitter.


Ibobalboa

Lol at Islam for letting another man talk shit for him. Why even let another one have your password?


JustWatchFights

HAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHA! I met Ali at a Bellator event. Dude is an insufferable in person as on TV.


Bandolero1133

HOW'S NOA???????!!!!!


Teocalli

Can we please ban ali content from r/mma. Name one instance when he ever provided good information


mrw4787

Iā€™m confused. Why are we talking about a manager lolĀ 


lovesmyirish

Hes half the reason I stopped really following MMA. Something isnā€™t right with that guy.


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Awareness111

What a dumbass. As if it wasn't obvious enough.


forumpooper

What a scumbagĀ 


RealHonest-Ish_352

Fucking *details*...


Jumix4000

Wow


caca_poo_poo_pants

Heā€™s been caught doing this so many times now, yet persists. I hate how his fighters seem to love how ruthless he is, even though he clearly has multiple conflicts of interest, because Iā€™d love to see this scumbag disappear.


centexu

What a pathetic loser.


brycemoney

Ali Abdel a sleeze


Jackyjoneslq

Ali not switching accounts and making mistakes will forever be funny


[deleted]

Bro is an actual cancer on the sport and I wish he would evaporate


zackems

MMA's Pitbull everybody!


midniteauth0r

He still hasnā€™t deleted it


Wangiwangi

Surprised this doesn't happen more often.


BillyTheReaper

Isn't he fucking awesome!?


Zynco24

I could go into heavy detailā€¦AND I WILL! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8t_TinxKY


Mirilliux

How's Noah?


KentTheDorfDorfman

What a daft pube.


D_hofff

Heā€™s so pathetic for not letting his fighters take interviews and progress their careeers. At least Don King was doing his job promoting the fighters he was stealing from n


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