King Azoulay, the self-proclaimed alpha male, has turned to increasingly far-fetched storytelling in the lead-up to his bout against Gypsy Crusader, claiming he has been involved in thousands of street brawls and began throwing punches before he was even potty trained.
According to sources, in an interview ahead of the dual arena card event, Azoulay confirmed it would be his first time stepping into a cage or ring officially, before quickly adding, “So whether a cage or the ring, it’s the first time that I’m stepping in there. But I fou ght many times before.”
The interviewer suggested he might have had a few street brawls or sparring sessions. Azoulay took it considerably further.
“Yeah, I had a couple thousand figh ts in my life,” he said. “I used to fig ht every single day for a few years straight. For me, it was like a big thing. I loved figh ting. Started figh ting at 3 years old.”
He later doubled down, adding more detail: “My dream was to be in the UFC. First time I had a fig ht was literally at 3 years old. It sounds funny, but in preschool, literally kindergarten. I smashed a kid with a semi-trail.”
Azoulay also claimed he competed in underground Russian mob bouts as a teenager: “I used to fig ht for the Russian mob underground fig hts when I was like 14, 15, 16.”
Perhaps most telling was the reaction from his own entourage during the interview. As Azoulay began elaborating on his 3-year-old figh ting debut, audible laughter broke out from the people sitting around him in his vehicle.
Rather than addressing the obvious skepticism from his own camp, he ordered them out to fetch food, snapping, “Stop laughing. Get out of the car.”
When asked how seriously he was taking the match, Azoulay offered a flat contradiction. “What is there to take seriously? I’m figh ting a clown,” he said, despite earlier footage showing him pledging sincerely to win on behalf of the Jewish community with puppy dog eyes.
He also acknowledged past roid use during the interview, stating, “This is me off of st**oids. 200 lb [90.7 kg], 6% body fat. On st**oids, I’m 240 [108.9 kg],” marking one of the rare occasions he has spoken openly on the topic.
Online commentators were quick to note that a man claiming thousands of street brawls carries no visible scarring on his face, and that previously leaked sparring footage showed him visibly gassed well before the session concluded.
