Influencer boxer Deen the Great, whose real name is Nurideen Shahid Shabazz, managed to turn two separate livestreams into physical confrontations in less than 24 hours. Both incidents happened on Kick in front of live audiences, both went viral almost immediately and both followed the same pattern. Shabazz pushed past repeated warnings until someone stopped him physically rather than verbally.
The first incident occurred during a double-date livestream on February 16 when retired UFC fighter Quinton Jackson hosted Shabazz alongside powerlifter Larry Wheels and his wife Sheyla. The group was leaving a restaurant when the atmosphere shifted dramatically. According to viewers, Shabazz appeared intoxicated and began directing unwanted attention toward Sheyla while her husband stood beside her.
Jackson’s de-escalation attempts failed repeatedly
Jackson intervened early, telling Shabazz plainly to show respect and stop disrespecting someone else’s partner. Jackson even attempted to lighten the mood briefly before apologizing, clearly hoping to bring the temperature down. The de-escalation didn’t work. Shabazz continued arguing, claiming Wheels had handled him roughly and refusing to back down despite explicit warnings.
When Shabazz moved toward Sheyla again and asked for a hug, Wheels intervened directly. The powerlifter slapped Shabazz hard enough to push him out of the camera frame. Wheels told those around him that he had been waiting for that moment while Jackson laughed and told Shabazz to leave. The moment spread across platforms almost instantly.
Viral spread happened within hours
A single TikTok upload from the TMZ account reached 1.1 million views within hours. Instagram engagement climbed to nearly 40,000 likes in the first two hours, and Reddit’s LivestreamFail community generated hundreds of comments debating who bore responsibility for the escalation. The clip became inescapable across social media platforms.
The second confrontation came that same night
The night did not end there for Shabazz. During a late-night house party stream also hosted by Jackson, Shabazz became increasingly disruptive. Witnesses on the stream described him making derogatory comments and, at one point, threatening former UFC fighter and sports manager Tiki Ghosn. Multiple people attempted to calm him down before the situation crossed into physical territory again.
Ghosn, who built his career in mixed martial arts from 1998 to 2009 and has managed Jackson for years, responded with a sharp elbow strike to Shabazz’s face. The streamer stumbled backward. The moment was captured live and circulated widely on social media within the hour, drawing significant reaction from viewers who had already watched the earlier incident.
A pattern that extended beyond this weekend
This was not Shabazz’s introduction to controversy. At a December Misfits Boxing press event before his fight with Amado Vargas, he directed insulting comments at Vargas’ mother from the stage. The remarks drew swift backlash. Vargas went on to defeat him by unanimous decision, handing Shabazz his first professional loss. He has not fought since.
The back-to-back incidents on Jackson’s streams fit a pattern that those in the streaming and combat sports communities had already started to notice. Shabazz’s approach to live content has consistently involved boundary-testing behavior that many viewers find deliberately provocative.
What livestreaming platforms must address
Two confrontations in one night, both live, both viral, raised broader questions about how platforms and creators handle escalating situations in real time. Unlike incidents that surface later through leaked footage, thousands of people watched both altercations unfold as they happened. Jackson’s attempts to intervene in the first incident were widely noted as reasonable de-escalation efforts that Shabazz repeatedly ignored.
For the streaming community, the weekend served as a stark illustration of how quickly unstructured live content can deteriorate and how permanent the consequences of on-camera behavior have become. Creators who repeatedly test boundaries discover that physical consequences eventually arrive, and those consequences play out permanently in digital archives that never disappear.
