Sajad Gharibi
{{short description|Iranian media personality}}
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| birth_place = Ahvaz, Iran
| citizenship = Iran
| nationality = Iranian
| occupation = Media Personality
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Sajad Gharibi (born 19 December 1991) is a purported Iranian bodybuilder and self-proclaimed mixed martial artist with an adipose physique. His nickname is "the Iranian Hulk" or "Persian Hercules".{{cite news |last1=Adhikari |first1=Somak |date=3 May 2019 |title=Sajad Gharibi, The Monster Bodybuilder Known As 'Iranian Hulk' Is All Set To Make His Mark In Mixed Martial Arts |publisher=indiatimes.com |agency=Indiatimes |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/sports/sajad-gharibi-the-monster-bodybuilder-known-as-iranian-hulk-is-all-set-to-make-his-mark-in-mixed-martial-arts-366531.html |accessdate=26 May 2019}} He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 265 pounds.
Career
In 2016, he was pursuing screen acting in Iran.
Gharibi rose to fame on Instagram, where he posted pictures of his physique and feats of strength.{{Cite web |last=Corby |first=Donagh |date=2022-07-31 |title=Iranian Hulk is 300lb social media star making boxing debut against Kazakh Titan |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/who-iranian-hulk-you-need-27598737 |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=mirror |language=en}}
In 2019, UFC star Brian Ortega challenged Gharibi to appear in the MMA ring, and he accepted.{{cite news |last1=Alladin |first1=Unus |date=30 April 2019 |title=I'd smash the Iranian Bulk, says UFC star Brian Ortega as Instagram monster announces he's heading to MMA cage |publisher=scmp.com |agency=Scmp |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/mixed-martial-arts/article/3008309/id-smash-iranian-hulk-says-ufc-star-brian-ortega-instagram |accessdate=25 May 2019}} Ortega said he would smash “the Iranian Hulk” despite weighing about 120 pounds less than him. Gharibi had previously accepted a match against Britain's Martyn Ford, but the deal was cancelled. At the same time, Gharibi stated that he had agreed to fight Brazilian bodybuilder Romario dos Santos Alves, nicknamed “the Brazilian Hulk”.
On July 31, 2022 Gharibi made his boxing debut against "The Kazakh Titan" Djumanov Almat Bakhytovich. Gharibi lost by TKO two minutes into the opening round.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=Fake Hulk instead of Iranian Hulk |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475295/Fake-Hulk-instead-of-Iranian-Hulk |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}
Personal life
Gharibi was born in Ahvaz, Iran.{{cite news |title=همه چیز درباره چهره شاخص این روزهای فضای مجازی |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1395/03/11/1089018/همه-چیز-درباره-چهره-شاخص-این-روزهای-فضای-مجازی |accessdate=25 May 2019 |agency=Tasnimnews |publisher=tasnimnews.com |date=31 May 2016}} He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Azad University in Bushehr, Iran.{{cite news |title=زندگی خصوصی سجاد غریبی؛ هالک ایرانی! |url=https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/5705566/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B5%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%BA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C |accessdate=26 May 2019 |agency=yjc |publisher=yjc.ir |date=24 July 2016}}
In 2016, Gharibi offered to participate in the fight against ISIS in Syria.{{cite news |last1=Etehad |first1=Melissa |date=8 July 2016 |title=Body builder Sajad Gharibi known as Iranian Bulk' signs up to fight Isis in Syria |publisher=independent.co.uk |agency=Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-daesh-iran-bodybuilder-instagram-sajad-gharibi-iranian-hulk-syria-a7126606.html |accessdate=25 May 2019}} He said in a video, "I'm a defender of my country, first. I want to thank General Qasem Soleimani and all the soldiers who lost their lives in Syria. They are my heroes."
He lives in Bushehr, Iran.{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/who-iranian-hulk-you-need-27598737|title= Who is Iranian Hulk? All you need to know ahead of Instagram star's boxing debut |date=31 July 2022|newspaper=Daily Mirror}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Instagram|sajadgharibiofficial}}
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Category:Iranian male bodybuilders