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IrelandDemetrious Johnson calls Merab-Usman brawl "uncalled for"
His reaction on Mighty passed a million views as he argued that Merab Dvalishvili and his teammate were defending themselves.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,517,144 views a day, 37 times a normal first day on this channel (40,721).
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The reaction was blunt. Watching footage of a lobby altercation involving Merab Dvalishvili and Usman Nurmagomedov, Demetrious Johnson condemned what he described as Usman approaching Merab and slapping him.
"Usman comes up, slaps him, not okay. Don't agree with that, right?" Johnson says in the Short on Mighty. The clip reached roughly 1.3 million views in 17 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for Shorts.
Johnson follows the security and bystander footage as the confrontation escalates, pointing out Saba defending Merab and knocking someone down. He describes the situation as two people against six. His attention then shifts from the movements in the brawl to a clip of Merab receiving medical attention afterward.
"Now, this one broke my heart, because as far as I'm concerned, these two gentlemen were defending themselves," he says.
The reaction is part of a wider response on Mighty. Johnson's longer upload, "My Honest Thoughts On Merab & Usman...", also drew an unusually large audience for the channel's regular videos, while another fast-starting Short focused on Merab's friend.
In the main clip, Johnson's conclusion is less about who landed what than why the confrontation happened at all: "It's uncalled for. Like, nobody wins in this situation."
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- Channel
- Mighty
- Subscribers
- 1,870,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 6,482,525
- Channel views, pace per day
- 2,276,762 (on a normal day: 688,811)
- Video published
- November 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,311,681 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,517,144
The numbers
The main reaction Short drew far more views than Mighty's usual first-day Shorts audience. The longer response also had a much faster start than the channel's regular videos typically do.
