ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Moments after Paul Miller was declared the winner in a kickboxing fight inside the Kia Center Saturday, he had a message about his opponent.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not a tough guy,\u201d Miller said, speaking into a microphone for the whole arena to hear. \u201cHe\u2019s not some alpha male. He\u2019s a short little f****** Jew prick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller, who calls himself Gypsy Crusader, is a far-right internet personality who the Anti-Defamation League has described as a \u201cvolatile white supremacist-accelerationist.\u201d <\/p>\n
And on Saturday night, he took center stage in a kickboxing match against King Azoulay, a Jewish man from Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a terrifying time,\u201d said Marni Mandell, the CEO of Shalom Orlando, a Jewish non-profit organization. \u201cThat he is so brazen as to do that in such a public setting is terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moments after Miller, a convicted felon, stepped out of the ring, he was captured on video appearing to twice give the Nazi salute to the crowd.<\/p>\n
Duel: Arena was in charge of the fights. When News 6\u2019s Mike Valente called a number listed on Duel: Arena\u2019s Facebook page, a man who said he represented Island Fights answered the phone.<\/p>\n
The man said he was responsible for organizing the matches for many of the fights, but not the ones involving \u201cinfluencers\u201d like Miller. <\/p>\n
He called what happened inside the Kia Center Saturday night \u201cdistasteful,\u201d and said he would try to get News 6 in touch with a person representing Duel: Arena. As of this story\u2019s publication, he had not connected us with anyone.<\/p>\n
News 6 also reviewed videos taken from the crowd, showing a man in the crowd unfurling a Nazi flag.<\/p>\n
Dr. Anna Eskamani, a former Democratic state representative and current candidate for Orlando mayor, wrote on Facebook that she was \u201cdisgusted\u201d and called the incident in the crowd \u201canother reminder of how prevalent extremism is in our society and the responsibility we all have to combat it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott also commented on one of the videos of the flag, calling it \u201cutterly disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAntisemitism has NO PLACE in Florida,\u201d Scott wrote on X.<\/p>\n
The Kia Center, which is owned and operated by the city of Orlando, prohibits signs with indecent or derogatory comments\/images, political statements, and commercial references, according to its website.<\/p>\n
Late Monday afternoon, a spokesperson with Orlando Venues responded to our questions about the remarks heard and images seen inside the Kia Center Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not condone or approve the messaging during Saturday\u2019s event and the flag was removed once we saw it on display,\u201d said Kirk Wingerson, Orlando Venues\u2019 marketing division manager.<\/p>\n
In response to our question about whether the city knew of Miller\u2019s planned participation or if the city could have prevented the event from happening at the venue, Wingerson said the following:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe City is required to operate its venues in accordance with federal, state and local laws and regulations, which do not allow us to make booking decisions based on the content or viewpoint of an event. As long as an event complies with applicable law, the City does not have a legal basis to deny the rental.\u201d<\/p>\n
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