Police storm into bodybuilder Yakiboy’s gym and arrest him over a violent brawl on a busy Sydney street

A famous Australian bodybuilder has been arrested over a violent brawl on a busy Sydney street.

Hossein ‘Yakiboy’ Balapour, who has more than 350,000 followers, was arrested just before 7am on Friday by officers from the NSW Police Raptor Squad who stormed onto the floor of a gym in his Rosebury unit block.

The 33-year-old allegedly got into a fight with Marven Yacoub on a street in Roseberry on Sunday January 15.

Balapour was out on bail on a separate charge of assault at the time of the incident and was charged with racketeering, use of assault weapons with intent to commit a criminal offense and violating bail.

He is expected to appear in Downing Center Magistrates Court later on Friday.

Hossein ‘Yakiboy’ Balapour (right, in gray top) appeared to be chasing fellow bodybuilder Marven Yacoub (center, in black t-shirt) during a brawl last week

It’s unclear what sparked the fight, as Balapour and Yacoub (pictured together in 2019) stood with the group of men before the brawl began

“Yakiboy” – known to his family as Hossein Balapour – is a self-proclaimed Iranian refugee who left the Middle Eastern country for a better life in Australia

Sydney South West’s Marven Yacoub has brawled with Balapour in shocking video in Sydney