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0:00WE ARE NOW SET FOR THE MAIN EVENT.
0:03>> [screaming]
0:09>> AND THE TRUE DEFINITION OF bad blood.
0:15Three rounds of kickboxing in the
0:18heavyweight division.
0:20Introducing to you first, fighting out
0:22of the blue corner, tonight he wears
0:24black and gold. He stands at even 6 ft
0:27tall. His official weight 185.2
0:32lbs. Tonight he makes his anticipated
0:35kickboxing debut.
0:38Here is the popular social media star
0:41fighting out of Jerusalem, Israel.
0:46HERE IS BEN
0:48THE KING AZULAY.
0:59AND ACROSS THE WAY IS HIS OPPONENT,
1:01FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER. Tonight
1:02he wears red. He stands 6 ft 1 in tall.
1:06His official weight 218 lbs. His overall
1:11kickboxing record stands at eight
1:13victories opposite seven defeats. Here
1:16is the controversial media personality
1:19fighting out of NEW YORK CITY,
1:23NEW YORK.
1:26THE GYPSY CRUSADER
1:30MILLER.
1:36>> [cheering]
1:36>> AND OUR REFEREE IN CHARGE OF THE ACTION,
1:39Josh Rutgers.
1:44>> Gentlemen, we went over the rules in the
1:46back.
1:47Follow my instructions at all times.
1:48Protect yourselves at all times. Touch
1:50gloves if you want.
1:51>> Per round
1:53between King Azulay
1:56and the Gypsy Crusader
1:58>> Fight.
1:59>> Kickboxing action in our co-main event
2:01and it starts right now.
2:04There's a push kick immediately
2:07from Paul Miller.
2:08>> You see Miller kind of standing his
2:09ground right there, just kind of seeing
2:10what Azoulay Azoulay does.
2:13>> Azoulay goes to those leg kicks that we
2:15had seen in some of his sparring
2:16footage.
2:19It's going to be a bit of an unorthodox
2:20fight. We don't really know what to
2:22expect
2:23from Azoulay.
2:25>> Remember Paul Miller against Super Hot
2:26Fire, he really let his hands go in that
2:28first round, did a lot of damage.
2:30>> A lot of feints there, nice left hand by
2:32Paul Miller. He goes body kick as well.
2:38Azoulay stands, eats a leg kick for his
2:41troubles, did not like that one.
2:45Another leg kick
2:47from the Gypsy Crusader and another.
2:51Here comes Azoulay.
2:56For a big shot of his own.
2:59You can see a massive size difference.
3:00Watch out, there's a head kick coming
3:02and it didn't look like Azoulay even
3:04anticipated no reaction to it and that's
3:07the biggest problem is he's not really
3:08showing any reaction to anything.
3:10>> Just unable to find the range to really
3:11land anything, but he's showing some
3:13toughness here. He's showing good leg
3:14kicks. He's got some pedigree. He's
3:15doing okay. The temperament, he's
3:16relaxed here.
3:18He's not doing too much, but we haven't
3:20really been in the exchanges yet.
3:22>> Here comes Azoulay trying to mix it up
3:23here IN THE CLINCH.
3:26CRUSADER EYES HIM UP, WE BREAK.
3:29AGAIN, very short rounds, not a lot of
3:31time to get going.
3:33We have 30 seconds left in this first
3:35round.
3:41Azoulay brings it to him.
3:45Paul Miller looks for a head kick, not
3:47quite there. There's a body kick too.
3:51>> You see Azoulay kind of pressing the
3:52action. Miller a good first round, but
3:54didn't really do much damage to Aselai.
3:57>> There's a stinging body kick, and he
3:58goes right back to it.
4:00Aselai now standing in front of him, and
4:02he lets a body kick go, and it blood
4:04from the leg of Aselai lands on the body
4:08of Paul Miller. He is bleeding badly out
4:10of that shin.
4:12And let's see if that's going to make an
4:13impact on this fight as he was cut open
4:16by, I think,
4:17trying to check one of the leg kicks.
4:21A first round, I mean, listen,
4:23not
4:24as bad as we thought it would be.
4:26>> No, Aselai came out. He showed a little
4:28composure. I gave the round to Paul
4:30Miller based on the leg kicks, the
4:31control. Aselai definitely had some
4:33moments, and you know, kind of impressed
4:35me to be honest for a guy who's never
4:36had any fights.
4:37>> Stood in there. Didn't back away from
4:38the fight. Didn't turn away from the
4:40damage.
4:42Fair play to King Aselai,
4:45who is in there trying to find something
4:47offensively. Landed some leg kicks.
4:50They're taking a look at that shin.
4:53Let's see what happens [music] here.
4:56It's like a good job. Was that
4:58that cutman Tay in there?
5:00Shout out to cutman Tay.
5:02All right. Well, let's get back into
5:06our second round here.
5:13>> Round two.
5:14>> There's a lot of blood on the foot
5:18of King Aselai, but here we go.
5:20>> Round number two, I want to see more
5:21action from both fighters.
5:25Push kick attempt
5:28from Crusader.
5:29Nice outside leg kick.
5:33>> A lot of leverage on those kicks, Wade.
5:34>> Yeah, he's really stinging those. But
5:36again, LOOK AT ASELAI COMING FORWARD,
5:38AND WHAT YOU SEE FROM
5:39>> LISTEN, STOP and stop.
5:40>> Crusader is that he does kind of go
5:42straight back and tries to hold that
5:43guard, but not a lot of counter attacks
5:46when the offense comes to him.
5:48>> It's to tell what Asley's going to do
5:49when he rushes forward like that and uh
5:51Miller's a little distracted. He's got
5:53to keep using those front kicks
5:54to keep Asley off balance and stop the
5:56stop the rush.
5:58He's a good competitor.
5:59>> Big welts on the left side of Gypsy
6:02Crusader's stomach from one of those
6:04body kicks from Asley and LOOK AT THIS.
6:07LOOK at him. Asley brings the offense to
6:08him.
6:11Massive welts on the left side. Yeah.
6:14Big body kick there
6:16Paul Miller.
6:18>> Miller's landed some nice kicks, but
6:19now's the point where he's got to start
6:20to let his hands go a little bit down
6:21the middle. That's where he's going to
6:23be able to really find Asley.
6:25The straight shots down the middle and
6:26leave the kicks alone a LITTLE
6:27>> ASLEY'S GETTING CONFIDENT HERE. HE'S
6:28BUILDING CONFIDENCE as this fight goes
6:30on. He doesn't see any danger in the
6:32hands of Paul Miller. He sees the kicks
6:34and he's felt the kicks, but he doesn't
6:36feel like there's anything dangerous
6:37about the punching, which is why he's
6:39kind of walking into the fray here.
6:41GOOD BODY KICK.
6:42>> LISTEN.
6:44No punch.
6:44>> Punchy, punchy, punchy.
6:47>> Yeah, Paul's got to get his hands going
6:48because right now Asley is not showing
6:50any any sort of trepidation to walk into
6:52range.
6:54A body kick which he's anticipating.
6:56That's all he's seeing right now from
6:58Gypsy Crusader is kicks.
6:59>> No hands from Paul so far and Asley's
7:01kind of disrupting nice side kick.
7:04>> There's a throw there from Paul.
7:06As Asley goes for the body kick, he gets
7:09it caught and he gets thrown kind of on
7:11his shoulder there. Last few seconds
7:14here in round two.
7:16And we've yet to see any meaningful
7:18punches thrown by either guy.
7:20That's the end of the second round.
7:22I got to say
7:24not the greatest of performances from
7:27from Paul Miller that you had kind of
7:28expected him to be a little better here.
7:30>> Well, to be honest with you, it's not so
7:31much that Paul Miller's not doing well,
7:33it's that you know, Ben Asley is kind of
7:34surprising me. He's better than I
7:36thought he would be.
7:37>> He's bringing some aggression.
7:38>> He's showing aggression. He's got a lot
7:39of
7:40awkwardness that's kind of tough to read
7:41in that ring and he's he's really
7:43surprised me with his ability to back
7:44Paul Miller up, land in some kicks, and
7:46he's taking the Paul Miller kicks. So,
7:48what Paul's got to do is really get his
7:50hands going with the straight shots here
7:51in the middle. The kicks aren't really
7:52working.
7:53>> And here is the catch of that body kick,
7:55and Crusader throwing Azalei on his head
7:58there, the king
8:00has to bend the knee on that exchange,
8:02but in this third round, I just like to
8:04see some punching.
8:05>> 100%.
8:06>> I'd like to see the hands get going for
8:07both guys.
8:08>> Both guys are kind of looking at the
8:09kicks so much. They're anticipating it.
8:11Ben has always been able to, you know,
8:12block a lot of the kicks. Hasn't been
8:14able to counter much, Wade, but he has
8:15been very ineffective when he tries to
8:17come forward with his hands. Miller
8:18hasn't let his hands go at all, though.
8:19I think he's got to let them go here in
8:20round three.
8:24>> Fight.
8:25>> Round number three
8:27between King Azalei
8:30and the Gypsy Crusader.
8:33Azalei's coming forward again, looking
8:34for some body kicks.
8:36>> [cheering]
8:37>> He's off balance and hits the canvas
8:39there.
8:41>> Paul's got to come to him and punch
8:42here.
8:43He doesn't want to just, you know, back
8:44up and let Azalei kind of dictate the
8:46tempo.
8:47>> Which he has for for almost
8:49the entire fight.
8:53There's a body kick and then some
8:54punches and a
8:55kind of a spinning back kick, but kind
8:57of just a
8:58squirming back kick there.
9:01King Azalei, but hey, again, credit to
9:02him, he's going for it. He's trying.
9:04He's going for it.
9:07Outside leg kick from the Crusader. And
9:10both guys trade kicks.
9:12>> No head shots, Wade. No head punches.
9:16>> Crowd roots
9:17and cheers on Gypsy Crusader here.
9:21A minute left in this third round.
9:26Push kick as well.
9:33A little bit of a low blow there.
9:35King Azalei, and he's going to hear it
9:37from on that.
9:37>> I don't think it was on purpose, but
9:40incidentally either way it landed.
9:42>> Definitely an inside leg kick that got
9:43up high on the cup.
9:45Take a look at the replay.
9:47See exactly where it landed, but you can
9:49see the effect taken from
9:50Paul Miller. Referee giving 5 minutes.
9:52Take a look here.
9:55>> Oh, yeah.
9:57Directly on the the equipment there.
10:00>> With the last few seconds of this fight,
10:02we have a push kick.
10:04Azale hits the ground.
10:06Crusader walks up on him.
10:14Another push kick.
10:16>> I'm trying to time him when he uh when
10:17he comes in.
10:20You can see when Azale wants to rush
10:21forward and Paul's trying to time him.
10:23There's a catch
10:24AND A SWEEP.
10:27SPIN OFF it looked like.
10:28>> Yeah, and Paul Miller's fired up.
10:31He's feeling like he's in control of
10:32this match-up and he's talking some
10:33stuff here.
10:36He's telling him to bring it.
10:39Azale is trying to bring it I guess.
10:41And here they're getting INTO A BIT OF A
10:44CLINCH SCRAP.
10:47And that'll be the end of the fight.
10:50And now here comes
10:51>> [cheering]
10:52>> Paul Miller
10:54talking to him after the fight there. I
10:56mean, B.J., that's three rounds in the
10:58books. The fight's over and
11:00that's it.
11:06And there you see why Paul Miller is
11:08controversial. B.J., what do you got to
11:10say about the fight?
11:11>> Um you know, I thought Paul did enough
11:13to win. It wasn't He didn't let his
11:14hands go like I would have liked to see,
11:16but he landed a lot of kicks to control
11:18uh the the less experienced Azale did
11:21what he had to do to win the fight. Yes,
11:22but I was impressed with Azale. I
11:24thought he came to [music] fight. He was
11:25game. He was uh obviously very tough,
11:28tougher than I thought he'd be. So, um I
11:30I him uh credit for that.
11:31>> Yeah, I mean, listen, he he tried.
11:33Obviously, there was a skill gap there.
11:35>> Obviously.
11:35>> There was uh a bit of an experience gap
11:37there, clearly.
11:39Um
11:40but I I mean
11:42Gypsy Crusader, he won the fight. It was
11:44in very uh impressive fashion, in my
11:47opinion, but it doesn't really matter.
11:49If you get the win, it's a win. And uh
11:53credit to both fighters for coming out.
11:55Credit to to King Azule for stepping in.
11:57He talked a lot.
11:58>> Yeah, he did.
11:59>> And he stepped in and he tried to back
12:00it up.
12:00>> He did. Yeah, he did his best, and like
12:02I said, I was impressed with the
12:03toughness, how he was able to take some
12:04of those kicks. Uh the early body kicks
12:07landed cleanly. Uh took him on the
12:09shins, took him on the elbows. He was
12:10able to do pretty well with that. And
12:12Paul just kind of controlled him with
12:14the front kicks and the side kicks and
12:15and did a good job.
12:18>> It'll be interesting to see
12:21moving forward if if King Azule
12:23continues
12:25this uh new journey into combat sports.
12:27Will it be something he wants to
12:28continue doing?
12:31I have no idea. Very fired up even still
12:34after the fighter or both fighters. They
12:35have a lot of energy left that probably
12:37could have been used better in the
12:38fight.
12:39>> I would like to see a fourth round here,
12:40Wade.
12:40>> For real.
12:41Maybe more minutes in the rounds, but
12:44nevertheless,
12:45this one's over, and it's going to
12:47clearly be a win for the Gypsy Crusader.
12:51Both fighters are ready. Our announcer
12:53is ready. Let's get to our official
12:56decision. Jeff, take it away.
13:01>> Ladies and gentlemen, our co-main event
13:03has completed the scheduled three
13:05rounds, and your score totals from our
13:07judges at ringside. 29-28
13:11in favor of Azule.
13:1430-27 in favor of Miller. And 30-27 to
13:18the winner by split decision,
13:23THE GYPSY CRUSADER, [screaming]
13:27>> [cheering]
13:29>> AL MILLER!
13:32>> YEAH.
13:34YEAH, I WILL [ __ ] KNOCK YOU OUT RIGHT
13:35NOW. THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE, MAN.
13:37>> You're still A [ __ ]
13:38>> YOU AIN'T NO TOUGH GUY, [ __ ]
13:39>> YOU'RE STILL A [ __ ] LOSER.
13:40>> THE [ __ ] OUT OF HERE, YOU PAPER TIGER.
13:44YEAH. [cheering]
13:46YOU LOST.
13:47>> WELL, YOUR WINNER
13:49PAUL MILLER, again with a lot of energy
13:51being shown here that it would have been
13:53nice to see during the fight.
13:55>> Yeah.
13:55>> Because we already settled it.
13:56>> I don't like to see this after the
13:57fight.
13:58>> What are we doing? What are we doing?
13:59>> Fight's over now. Both guys can, you
14:01know, go back to their homes safe, all
14:03well, and uh,
14:04you know, this is this is very uh, very
14:06strange.
14:07>> WE'RE HERE WITH THE WINNER, JEFF "THE
14:09CRUSADER".
14:11FIRST OF ALL, SPLIT DECISION ON THE
14:13SCORE CARDS. HOW CONFIDENT DID YOU FEEL
14:15YOU GOT THE JOB DONE?
14:16>> I was more than confident. I knew I did
14:19everything I had to do. I outpointed
14:21him, kept the range,
14:23outstruck him the whole time. They
14:24should have stopped the fight WHEN HE'S
14:25CUT HIS CHIN on the check.
14:28But for whatever reason, they let it
14:29keep going.
14:30But like I said,
14:32I was going to crush him and throw him
14:34into the wind. HE'S NOT A TOUGH GUY.
14:37HE'S NOT SOME ALPHA MALE. HE'S A SHORT
14:40LITTLE [ __ ] JEW PRICK.
14:43>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
14:45JEFF, THE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, THE
14:47MOST IMPORTANT. WHO DO YOU WANT TO FIGHT
14:49NEXT and when?
14:51>> You know, I don't know. I I don't think
14:53about it that way.
14:55I take it one one fight at a time.
14:57Um,
14:59right now,
15:00I just want to go home.
15:02I want to enjoy with my family, my girl,
15:04my Harley,
15:06and have some good times. I want to
15:07thank
15:09Jake Shields, my brother,
15:11Chris "The Hammer",
15:13ALL OF MY JOKER HENCHMEN.
15:16I LOVE YOU GUYS.
15:18MY FAMILY BACK HOME.
15:20BABY, I LOVE YOU. WE DID IT.
15:22>> [cheering]
15:23>> THERE WE GO, ORLANDO. GIVE IT UP FOR
15:24YOUR WINNER, GYPSY CRUSADER.