Miller vs Azoulay
The only kickboxing bout on the card went the full distance and was scored a split decision for Miller — one judge for Azoulay, two for Miller, and not by a narrow margin on either of those two cards.
| Ruleset | Kickboxing |
|---|---|
| Weight | Heavyweight |
| Position | Co-feature |
| Fighters | Paul "Gypsy Crusader" Miller vs Ben "King" Azoulay |
| Result | Miller by split decision |
| Scorecards | 28-29, 30-27, 30-27 |
The bout
0:42Miller and Azoulay, mid-bout
Exchanges from the heavyweight kickboxing co-feature.
0:15The decision is read
Both men in the ring as the split decision is announced.
Three rounds, no knockdown decisive enough to end it, and a split card. The spread is the part worth reading: one judge had it 29-28 the other way while the other two both had it 30-27, which is a wider disagreement than a close fight usually produces and suggests the judges valued different things — likely volume against the heavier single shots.
Azoulay was cut on the shin in the first round and the fight was allowed to continue. He was reported to have been considerably more competitive than expected, pushing to engage throughout, though Miller repeatedly caught his body kicks and swept him to the mat. Azoulay entered on a throne draped in an Israeli flag in front of a crowd that was heavily against him.
What followed the decision has drawn more coverage than the scoring. Miller was reported to have thrown what appeared to be two Roman salutes, and an altercation broke out between his team and people in the crowd that carried on backstage. That sequence is covered on the controversies page.
Fight week footage
1:25Azoulay promo
The co-feature fighter, promotional cut.
0:38Gypsy Crusader interview
Fight-week interview footage.
0:37Gypsy Crusader promo
Vertical promo cut for the co-feature.
0:34Gypsy vs Azoulay
Promotional piece for the kickboxing bout.
0:26Azoulay teaser
A short teaser for the co-feature.
Five promotional cuts from the build-up, including two shot vertical for social. On a card where most of the promotion went to the main event, the volume of material around this bout is itself a signal of where the promoter expected the interest to be.
Where it sits
Duel has promoted this bout heavily — it appears alongside the main event on the event's own banner artwork rather than in the undercard block, which is where a promotion puts the fight it expects to sell tickets on after the headline.
Kickboxing on a hybrid card
Duel Arena 1 runs three rulesets across eleven bouts, and this is the only kickboxing contest among them. On a card where most fights are boxing, that changes what the audience is watching for: kicks and knees are legal here and are not anywhere else on the main card, which tends to produce a visibly different fight even between similar athletes.
Heavyweight kickboxing also finishes early more often than heavyweight boxing does — more weapons, more ways to end it, and less protective equipment on the legs.
We are not publishing career records for either fighter here. The figures circulating for both come from sources we have not been able to corroborate, and a fight record is exactly the kind of number that should be right or absent.
The rest of the card
The main event, the full eleven-bout lineup, start time and the rest of the results are on the Duel Arena 1 page. The main event breakdown is here.