{"id":39098,"date":"2026-07-02T03:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Undefeated-UFC-fighter-AbdulRakhman-Yakhyaev-responds-to-MrBeast-lookalike-claims-201720"},"modified":"2026-07-02T03:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:28:40","slug":"undefeated-ufc-fighter-abdul-rakhman-yakhyaev-responds-to-mrbeast-lookalike-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/undefeated-ufc-fighter-abdul-rakhman-yakhyaev-responds-to-mrbeast-lookalike-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Undefeated UFC fighter Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev responds to MrBeast lookalike claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Abdul-Rakhman
\nYakhyaev<\/a> didn\u2019t know the most popular YouTuber in the world
\nuntil recently.<\/p>\n

Yakhyaev has drawn plaudits with a series of impressive finishes in
\nthe
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>. However, fans also noticed
\nsimilarities between Yakhyaev and YouTube sensation Jimmy
\nDonaldson, also known as MrBeast.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev\u2019s UFC record and MrBeast
\ncomparisons<\/h2>\n

Yakhyaev recently revealed that he had no idea who MrBeast was
\nbefore he caught wind of the online comparisons following his
\nknockout win over Raffael
\nCerqueira<\/a> at
\nUFC Qatar<\/a> this past November. After checking out MrBeast,
\nYakhyaev doesn\u2019t think he looks like the YouTuber and isn\u2019t
\nenjoying the comparisons.<\/p>\n

He even jokes that MrBeast needs to shave off his mustache, telling
\nRed Corner MMA, \u201cTo be honest with you, I didn\u2019t even know who he
\nwas. But after the fight in Qatar, when they started making those
\ncomparisons, I checked him out and found out that he\u2019s some vlogger
\nwho\u2019s popular on YouTube\u2026 I don\u2019t think I look like him. People
\njust imagine things. He needs to remove his mustache, I think\u2026 Not
\nreally [enjoying the comparison].\u201d<\/p>\n

Yakhyaev has finished nine of his 10 career wins so far, going past
\nthe first round only twice. The unbeaten Turkish light heavyweight
\nhas a combined fight time of 3:33 minutes in his three UFC wins so
\nfar.<\/p>\n

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\n

Abdul-Rakhman
\nYakhyaev<\/a> says he doesn\u2019t understand the comparisons between
\nhimself and YouTube star MrBeast.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I didn\u2019t even know who he was,\u201d Yakhyaev told Red
\nCorner MMA.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter my fight in Qatar, people started making those comparisons.
\nI checked him out and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ICqrObzYYN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA)
\nJuly 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev didn\u2019t know the most popular YouTuber in the world until recently. Yakhyaev has drawn plaudits with a series of impressive finishes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. However, fans also noticed similarities between Yakhyaev and YouTube sensation Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast. Advertisement Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev\u2019s UFC record and MrBeast comparisons Yakhyaev recently revealed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}