Fyre Fest’s Billy McFarland Knocks Out YouTuber at MMA-Style Fight
Fyre Fest fraudster Billy McFarland shocked the crypto and combat sports globe Thursday evening, defeating the heavily favored crypto YouTuber Justin “Jchains” Custardo by means of TKO through the principal occasion of Karate Combat’s Influencer Fight Club series at the Consensus conference in Austin, Texas.
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Custardo, the co-founder of the Web3 Breakfast Club channel, had educated for months for the bout, promising revenge for the investors who lost $26 million on McFarland’s fraudulent Fyre Fest. But Custardo immediately ran out of gas in the second round of the wild MMA-style fight and had no defense against a barrage of appropriate crosses thrown by McFarland. With significantly less than 20 seconds left, McFarland completed off Custardo with a knee strike and a number of punches, sending the gassed out content material creator to the mat for the final time.
The two-round fight was the final bout at Karate Combat 46, a 4-hour occasion combining complete get in touch with martial arts with crypto trading and immersive CGI environments powered by Epic Games’ Unreal Engine plan. Karate Combat odds makers had favored Custardo to win the bout with 58/42 odds, but fight announcer and 3-time UFC champion George St. Pierre did note prior to the bout that McFarland potentially had one particular key benefit in his corner.
“Do you think he learned anything crazy in prison,” announcer and podcaster Mike Maljack asked St. Pierre, referencing McFarland’s 4-year stint in prison.
“I think he learned a lot more when he got out because he trained with Phil Nurse, who was my coach for my career,” stated St. Pierre, who is extensively regarded as the greatest welterweight MMA fighter in UFC history. Nurse is a UK-born former Muay Thai kickboxer and undefeated European Light Welterweight Champion who now owns and trains out of The Wat, a health club in Manhattan.
“There is no better teacher than Phil Nurse I believe,” St. Pierre stated.
McFarland thanked Nurse in a post-fight interview and promised to use a portion of his winnings, such as all of his $12,000 knockout bonus, to repay his Fyre Fest investors. As for Custardo, the YouTuber took to social media shortly immediately after the fight to devour a post-bout slice of pizza and nurse his wounds.
“I got beat up, but it’s alright,” Custardo told his followers.
