{"id":76064,"date":"2023-08-18T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=76064"},"modified":"2023-08-18T14:31:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:31:23","slug":"israeli-ufc-fighter-natan-levy-beats-up-online-troll-who-supports-holocaust-denier-nick-fuentes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/israeli-ufc-fighter-natan-levy-beats-up-online-troll-who-supports-holocaust-denier-nick-fuentes\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli UFC fighter Natan Levy beats up online troll who supports Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JACOB GURVIS<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 As only the third Israeli to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, Natan Levy is not afraid to showcase his Jewish identity in and out of the ring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76065\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76065\" class=\"wp-image-76065 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-1536x853.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-2048x1138.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/167;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76065\" class=\"wp-image-76065 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-1536x853.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8-18-23-Natan-Levy-2048x1138.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-76065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli UFC fighter Natan Levy during his fight with an online troll in Las Vegas. (Screenshot from YouTube)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He gave himself the chance to do just that as he&nbsp;invited a follower of white supremacist provocateur Nick Fuentes to a fight that was filmed and posted to YouTube on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Levy and the man, identified only as Ben, had dueled on Twitter before doing so in person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll drive to Vegas any day of the week to spar you on behalf of Nicholas J. Fuentes and America First,\u201d Ben wrote to Levy, referencing Fuentes\u2019 online show where he regularly espouses antisemitic rhetoric and Holocaust denial.<\/p>\n<p>Levy accepted Ben\u2019s challenge, even offering to pay for his gas. (Last year, Levy had issued a similar warning to rapper Kanye West after he praised Hitler, telling him, \u201cif you\u2019ve got a problem with me or my people, come see me, bro.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Levy is shown greeting Ben at a mixed martial arts dojo in Las Vegas. Levy wears a shirt with his \u201cJew-Jitsu\u201d nickname.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jewish UFC fighter destroys white supremacist supporter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Kpyno9dOjw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ben explains to Levy that Fuentes is a leader of&nbsp; the \u201cAmerica First\u201d movement, which he describes as \u201ca political movement based on furthering Christian values in the United States.\u201d He says he was just \u201cmessing around\u201d online and claims he is \u201cnot a hateful person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Levy points out that Fuentes is a Holocaust denier, Ben says that Fuentes is merely a \u201crevisionist.\u201d And when Levy asks Ben how many Jews were killed in the Nazi genocide, Ben said, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t know that off the top of my head\u2026 they say six million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just a kid, probably a dumb kid,\u201d Levy said to the camera before they step into the ring. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna hurt him too bad, but a lesson has to be taught here about trolling. Education is painful sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They fight for two rounds, with Levy pinning Ben both times. At the end of the second bout, Ben can be heard saying \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the fighting is over, Levy and Ben stood outside the ring, arms around each other, as Ben looks into the camera and says, \u201cSix million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.\u201d Levy corrects his verb choice, interjecting with \u201cmurdered,\u201d before adding \u201cF\u2013k Nick Fuentes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben admitted he \u201cneeds to be more well-researched,\u201d while Levy offered a warning: \u201cThis one wasn\u2019t that painful. The next one will be twice as painful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video then ends by showing Shimon Smotritsky, an Israeli mixed martial arts fighter, heading into the ring with another man, identified as Cee-Jay, who said he\u2019s \u201cnot defending Nick Fuentes, I\u2019m defending my friend\u2019s honor.\u201d Their fight doesn\u2019t last long, but it ends in bloody fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t talk sh\u2013t about Jews, baby,\u201d Smotritsky says with a wink.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Israeli%20UFC%20fighter%20Natan%20Levy%20beats%20up%20online%20troll%20who%20supports%20Holocaust%20denier%20Nick%20Fuentes\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[8790,8795,12776,8788,13275],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76066,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76064\/revisions\/76066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}