This man bends steel bars and crushes an entire watermelon with nothing but the strength of his fingers

Por Maried Díaz
7 October, 2026

An entire watermelon. No knife, no hammer, just his fingers.

That’s what Elmin Mehdiyev, a man from Baku, Azerbaijan, did in one of the most widely shared videos on his channel. And that’s not all: he bends steel bars, breaks objects, and turns into a spectacle what would take anyone else tools to do. On social media, people have already dubbed him “Hulk”, “the Hercules of Azerbaijan”, and “the iron man”.

ELMİN MEHDİYEV

His channel presents itself as the home of brute strength and extreme challenges, where he takes the human body to places most people think are impossible. And the formula works for him: on TikTok, he has more than 1,9 million followers and close to 44,6 million “likes”. His videos are shared again and again in reactions and duets by users who can’t believe what they’re seeing.

In the comments, the question never changes: trick or real strength? Perhaps that uncertainty is exactly why no one stops watching. 🍉💪

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