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The best of Hasbullah at UFC 267, including his post-event skirmish with bitter rival Abdu

The little man cast the biggest shadow at UFC 267.

While UFC 267 was centered around the athletes competing inside the cage Saturday in Abu Dhabi, a massive star cast a ginormous shadow by his front-row presence at the event.

Viral Russian social media sensation and global star Hasbullah had one of the best seats in the house at Etihad Arena as he sat next to UFC president Dana White and mixed it up with a number of the promotion’s big names past and present.

Before, during, and after the fight, the 19-year-old little man created quite the frenzy on social media for his in and out-of-cage appearances. He met MMA legends like [autotag]Daniel Cormier[/autotag] and [autotag]Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira[/autotag] (who may or may not have known that Hasbullah was not actually a young child) and reconvened with friends [autotag]Khabib Nurmagomedov[/autotag] and [autotag]Islam Makhachev[/autotag].

Scroll below to see some of Hasbullah’s best moments from UFC 267.

Combat Rewind, April 25: Kevin Randleman’s monster PRIDE finish of Mirko Cro Cop

Check out the best highlights from this day in history with MMA Junkie’s “Combat Rewind.”

There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day?

“Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year. It’s a look back at history, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives, featuring stellar finishes and classic moments in MMA and beyond on their anniversaries.

Today, our highlights include several finishes from the legendary PRIDE FC, including the late Kevin Randleman’s memorable takeout of Mirko Cro Cop.

So kick back and relive the following bits of greatness in the video above:

Fight footage courtesy of UFC Fight Pass, the UFC’s official digital subscription service, which is currently offering a seven-day free trial. UFC Fight Pass gives fans access to exclusive live UFC events and fights, exclusive live MMA and combat sports events from around the world, exclusive original and behind the scenes content and unprecedented 24-7 access to the world’s biggest fight library.