Crossover boxer Chase DeMoor and self-admitted "misogynist" influencer Andrew Tate are scheduled to fight on Saturday (Dec. 20), and during their last face-off, Tate showed signs that he might have bitten off more than he can chew — at least according to his opponent.
The two will get in the ring together at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium on Saturday, with the event scheduled to be broadcast via Rumble Premium. Tate, who previously made a career as a four-time world champion kickboxer, is 39 years old, making him ten years older than the man he'll be facing. DeMoor, who used to be a reality TV personality and actor before he got into boxing, isn’t the favorite to win, per Forbes, but he did seemingly intimidate Tate during their final face-off.
As shown in the clip below, the pair engaged in a tense face-off, and DeMoor managed to make Tate flinch.
“Scared,” DeMoor said when a microphone was held to his face. “He flinched, don’t forget it. Made ya flinch, ha ha.”
When asked for his thoughts after, Tate said, “I’m done talking, being near him and not punching him in the face is difficult for me.” Tate promised that when they get in the ring together for the Misfits Mania event, he’ll “smash his face in.”
The rest of the card for the event includes fights between Tony Ferguson and Warren Spencer, Neeraj Goyat and Anthony Taylor, and Tai Emery and Pearl Gonzalez.
As reported by The Independent last month, the event has proved controversial due to Tate’s involvement. Tate announced that he was replacing YouTuber KSI as the CEO of Misfits, which prompted KSI to criticize Misfits Boxing chief Mams Taylor. “ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?” KSI tweeted. “Fuck Mams.”
“I spoke to [Tate], and we had a very honest conversation and genuine conversation about it,” Taylor said in an interview with Ariel Helwani. “There’s a point where... It’s combat sports first of all. You had Mike Tyson on Netflix, and I don’t believe Mike did the things he was accused of, but he was convicted. Andrew hasn’t been convicted of anything. … Obviously, I don’t want to platform anyone I think is a truly evil person or anything like that. And I just don’t think that any of those things are true about him.”
