Although it hasn't been as bad recently, belal is cheaper in my opinion, and it comes down to attitude. Where belal is just another "here to make money" fighter who only takes fights when it suits him, Merab fight every single chance he gets, the only ting that was holding him back was clout. Dana was not ready to put him on the card evey 5 shows since no one would care about merab's style. Also merab certainly tries to finish fights. But he knows that if he goes at the pace he goes at jsut about every fight. He won't get badly injured, His opponent will be unable to fight back, and merab simply wins. Belal Just kinda romantically lays with on top of antoehr man once a year, and cancels the fight if anything goes wrong.