The City of Orlando has condemned the display of Nazi flags and salutes after hosting a neo-Nazi fighter at the “Duel: Arena 1″ mixed martial arts event at the Kia Center in downtown Orlando Saturday.
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Videos posted to social media showed the waving of the Nazi flag in the stands of the venue. Live stream footage also captured Nazi salutes and antisemitic insults from one of the fighters.
Orlando Venues — the City’s department that manages the Kia Center — released a statement on their social media Tuesday, stating that the views of those individuals do not reflect the values of the City, department, and staff.
They also wrote that the City is bound by the First Amendment and cannot deny access to the venue because it disagrees with the “political ideology, opinion or perspective, regardless of the message.”
“We hear the community’s concern and we take it seriously,” the statement said. “Orlando Venues remains committed to ensuring our facilities are safe and inclusive. We will continue reviewing our event policies to uphold that commitment while respecting the Constitution.”
Duel Arena hosted a number of fights, including a heavyweight kickboxing match between Ben “King” Azoulay, who is Jewish, and Paul Miller, better known as the internet personality GypsyCrusader, with a visible SS Bolt tattoo on his chest.
The SS Bolt tattoo is a common hate symbol associated with white supremacists and neo-Nazi groups. The symbol is derived from the Schutzstaffel, or SS, which maintained the police state of Nazi Germany, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Miller was identified as a “volatile New Jersey-based white supremacist” by the ADL’s Center of Extremism in 2020.
The FBI arrested Miller in 2021 on three federal weapons charges at his home in Fort Lauderdale, followed by two additional charges. He was sentenced to 41 months in jail, followed by three years of supervised release, according to the ADL.
Former House Representative Anna V. Eskamani posted on her social media condemning the display.
“Disgusted by this, and another reminder of how prevalent extremism is in our society and the responsibility we all have to combat it,” she wrote on Facebook.
The Holocaust Center of Florida also condemned the venue on Monday, releasing a statement via a post on its social media.
“Sadly, acts of antisemitic hate and violence continue to increase in Florida,” the organization stated. “It is incumbent upon all of us, especially those with public platforms, to call them out.”
Florida ranked second in the U.S. in antisemitic incidents targeting personal residences, and third in incidents targeting a Jewish institution or school, according to the ADL’s 2025 data. There have been more incidents of vandalism and physical assault in Florida than at any other time over the past decade, the ADL stated.
Rabbi Yanky Majesky, a co-director of the Chabad of North Orlando in Longwood, said he first saw the videos from the event on Sunday after observing the Sabbath.
“It’s more disgusting that this is happening in our backyard,” Majesky said.
Majesky said his local community in Seminole County has always been very supportive of the Jewish community, and he believes the antisemitic displays were not from locals.
“One fighter was a pretty well-known antisemite Nazi sympathizer with tattoos on his body, and the other was a pretty proud Jew,” he said. “So it was probably calling certain elements of society — could be from out of town — who were looking to see this and looking for that platform.”
He added that he values the love and support expressed from the community following the condemnation of these actions and encourages people to stand up and not allow antisemitic behavior to be normalized.
“Every human being of conscience who cares about living in a good and healthy, just society has the responsibility and ability to stand up and say something,” Majesky said.
The City of Orlando did not respond to WDBO’s request for comment on Tuesday morning. The statement was released to the public Tuesday afternoon.
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