Crushing setback for bodybuilder Yakiboy as he’s refused bail

Yakiboy, the bodybuilding influencer who boasts about his ‘Lamborghini body’, is behind bars and under lockdown, days after an elite police squad arrested him over a wild street brawl.

Hossein Balapour’s bail was revoked on Monday following a dawn raid by elite NSW Police Raptor Squad officers who stormed his gym and hauled him away in handcuffs. 

The social media personality’s arrest came three days after video footage emerged of him allegedly fighting in broad daylight on a busy road with a high-profile personal trainer in Sydney’s east.

Daily Mail Australia has learned that police successfully applied to have the Versace-loving gym junkie’s liberty revoked, with Balapour swapping his designer gear for prison greens at the city’s Parklea Correctional Centre.

The same prison went into lockdown on Friday morning with the guards’ union going on strike over safety issues, related to its reputation as the state’s most violent jail.

Bodybuilder Hossein ‘Yakiboy’ Balapour, who is an Instagram fitness influencer is behind bars and under prison strike lockdown which means no gym access and limited access to healthy food  

He is confined to his cell inside Parklea prison. Above, a cell search at the same prison in previous years

He is confined to his cell inside Parklea prison. Above, a cell search at the same prison in previous years

Raptor squad cops arrested Balapour in a dawn raid on his gym three days after video emerged of his wild street brawl in broad daylight with another trainer over money

Raptor squad cops arrested Balapour in a dawn raid on his gym three days after video emerged of his wild street brawl in broad daylight with another trainer over money 

This means hulking Balapour is among 1350 inmates locked in their cells with no release into the prison yards for at least 48 hours, no access to the prison gym and jail food severely limited. 

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says Parklea – where a July 2021 riot by inmates caused millions of dollars in damages – has the worst record for serious assaults on prison officers in the state. 

Striking officers formed a picket line outside the jail on Friday morning, and the facility will run on heavily restricted movement of inmates for the weekend, with visits cancelled and prisoners confined to their cells.

Balapour normally trains six days a week on weights, does cardio on Sundays and eats a lean, high-protein diet of egg whites, skinless chicken breast, kimchi, and lots of greens.

This is so the hulking but ‘ripped’ six foot five, 107kg muscleman can make a living posting pictures of his body on Instagram, modelling clothes and as a creator on the X-rated OnlyFans site. 

Even the routine prison menu of white bread and jam for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and a tinfoil hot dinner including rice, pasta or potato could be substituted with less healthy options – such as pies – under strike conditions.

Balapour will be reduced to keeping fit by doing sit-ups in a tiny, shared 2m by 3m cell.

His Instagram page, which has more than 350,000 fans, has fallen silent since his incarceration.

The hulking six foot five, 107kg muscleman who makes a living out of his 'ripped' body on Instagram and Only Fans will have no access to the gym or to his preferred high protein no carb diet

The hulking six foot five, 107kg muscleman who makes a living out of his ‘ripped’ body on Instagram and Only Fans will have no access to the gym or to his preferred high protein no carb diet

Balapour (above with his home fridge) normally trains seven days a week on weights and eats a lean, high-protein diet of egg whites, skinless chicken breast, kimchi, and lots of greens

Balapour (above with his home fridge) normally trains seven days a week on weights and eats a lean, high-protein diet of egg whites, skinless chicken breast, kimchi, and lots of greens

Under strike lockdown the jail meals are likely to be restricted even further to offerings like these prison pies (above) pictured at Silverwater's vast remand centre

Under strike lockdown the jail meals are likely to be restricted even further to offerings like these prison pies (above) pictured at Silverwater’s vast remand centre 

One Instagram follower has written a mocking line below Balapour’s Instagram post saying ‘fly above the negativity’, quipping that the bodybuilder could now ‘chill out in jail. Fly above the negativity you say… LOL’ 

When he was arrested, Balapour, 28, had been out on bail for a separate assault charge for which he had pleaded not guilty.

Following the January 17 street fight, with onetime friend, well-known body builder Marven Yacoub,  the cult social media figure has been charged with affray, using an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence and breach of bail.

In video of the fight, Balapour appears to attack Yacoub while the two are standing amid a group of men alongside a road in the inner Sydney suburb of Zetland.

After Balapour rained down blows and kicks, he pulled out what appeared a long thin weapon to strike Yacoub and pursued him through traffic to land several blows until the other men were able to intervene. 

Balapour (above at home dressed in Versace) has swapped his designer gear and gym clothes for prison greens after having his bail revoked following a wild street brawl

Balapour (above at home dressed in Versace) has swapped his designer gear and gym clothes for prison greens after having his bail revoked following a wild street brawl

Balapour, whose 'Lamborghini body' earns him money on Instagram and Only Fans, is under 24-hour lockdown in his cell at Parklea, the state's most violent prison

Balapour, whose ‘Lamborghini body’ earns him money on Instagram and Only Fans, is under 24-hour lockdown in his cell at Parklea, the state’s most violent prison

Personal messages between Balapour and Yacoub revealed a dispute over money may lie at the heart of their brawl.      

Following the fight, Yacoub released a WhatsApp exchange between him and Balapour where he appeared to futilely seek money money he said was owed to him.

‘Hey bro you need to transfer $2110 this week,’ Yacoub wrote on December 20. 

Balapour replied: ‘Hey brother yes but I do half because I have to pay $1200 to my lawyer.’

He went on to say he would send as soon as he has the money.     

Balapour (pictured) appeared to chase fellow bodybuilder Yacoub with a weapon during their wild street brawl caught on video which resulted in his arrest and revocation of his bail

Balapour (pictured) appeared to chase fellow bodybuilder Yacoub with a weapon during their wild street brawl caught on video which resulted in his arrest and revocation of his bail

It was  a dramatic falling out between Balapour and Yacoub (pictured together in 2019) who previously seemed to have a close friendship

It was  a dramatic falling out between Balapour and Yacoub (pictured together in 2019) who previously seemed to have a close friendship

‘Ok brother no problem,’ Yacoub replied.

‘Thank you brother,’ Balapour added. 

Yacoub later said: ‘Don’t believe what you see on socials. Money is the root of all evil. 

‘Moral of the story is. People quickly forget what you do for them. But don’t believe the hype of what people show they have on socials.’ 

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