Creator Clash

About

Creator Clash is an influencer boxing charity event set up by YouTuber iDubbbz and his wife Anisa Jomha. The event took place in Florida on May 14th, 2022, featuring a headlining fight between iDubbbz and influencer Dr. Mike, with undercard fights including influencers like Harley from Epic Meal Time, Egoraptor, AB of the H3 Podcast, Matt Watson from SuperMega and Dad. In January 2023, Creator Clash 2 was announced, set to take place on April 15th, 2023.

History

iDubbbz vs. RiceGum

On March 16th, 2018, influencer RiceGum appeared on Keemstar's YouTube^[2] channel Drama Alert to challenge iDubbbz to a boxing match, fuelled by a Content Cop video iDubbbz posted on RiceGum exposing him (shown below). IDubbbz did not respond to the boxing invitation until June 16th, 2021, when he tweeted,^[3] "I'm considering agreeing to this ricegum fight…uploads have been slow. But I'm worried about my health. What are the possible risks?"

On October 29th, 2021, YouTuber^[1] iDubbbz posted a video titled "You're hiding from me…" where he reveals that RiceGum who he has had a public feud with for years, was set to box him in an event that iDubbbz was setting up after talks. Originally, RiceGum wanted Keemstar to set up the event but iDubbbz refused to let that happen. In the video, iDubbbz explains that RiceGum wanted a million dollars to fight but iDubbbz refused, saying he wants the money from the event to go to charity. RiceGum backed out of the fight, with iDubbbz's video acting as a last effort to convince him to fight, gaining over 3.4 million views in six months (shown below). He also offered Keemstar the fight, who refused. He ends the video asking viewers who they'd want to see him fight instead of RiceGum.

On October 30th, iDubbbz shared a statement from RiceGum on Twitter^[4] where he officially backs out of the fight, calling iDubbbz "childish" for still making YouTube videos (shown below). IDubbbz writes, "The event will still happen without him. 🙃👊" in the tweet.

Creator Clash

Between October and January 2022, iDubbbz made several tweets^[5][6] saying he was still looking for an opponent for the boxing event and hyping it up. On March 25th, 2022, iDubbbz posted a video to YouTube^[7] officially announcing the event and his opponent, an influencer named Dr. Mike (shown below). In the video he announces the date and location of the fight, taking place in Tampa, Florida, and links to the fight's website, thecreatorclash.com.^[8] Jomha was initially set to fight but had to back out due to a concussion.

The fights taking place during Creator Clash are:

• iDubbbz vs. Dr. Mike
• Harley from Epic Meal Time vs. Egoraptor
• Erik aka Internet Comment Etiquette vs. DJ Welch
• Hundar of Cowchop vs. AB of the H3 Podcast
• TikToker Yodelling Haley vs. Justaminx
• Ryan Magee vs. Alex Ernst
• Matt Watson vs. Dad
• I Did A Thing vs. TheOdd1sOut
• Michale Reeves vs. Graham Stephan

Additionally, color commentary and interviews will be covered by:

• Akinola Verissimo
• Wade Plemons
• FaZe Sensei
• xQc
• Cr1tikal
• EsfandTV
• Chills

Results

On May 14th, Creator Clash took place. The event sold out and reportedly sold over 100,000 pay-per-view tickets.^[16][17] The results of each fight were as follows:

• Dad defeated Matt Watson by TKO in the first round
• Alex Ernst defeated Ryan MaGee by unanimous decision, going the full five rounds
• DJ Welch defeated Internet Comment Etiquette by TKO in the second round
• I Did A Thing defeated TheOdd1sOut by TKO in the first round
• Justaminx defeated Yodelling Haley by TKO in round four
• Hundar defeated AB by TKO in the fifth round
• Michael Reeves defeated Graham Stephan by TKO in the second round
• Harley defeated Arin Hanson by TKO in the second round
• Dr. Mike defeated iDubbbz by unanimous decision

Promotion

On March 27th, 2022, iDubbbz and his wife appeared on a Twitter Space^[9] with Keemstar to discuss the fight. On the same day, he uploaded a video to YouTube showcasing all the fighters in the event, revealing that Chills was originally supposed to fight but had to back out due to injuries (shown below).

On April 13th, iDubbbz uploaded a video to YouTube titled "Why I hate influencer boxing…" where he criticizes some of Keemstar's points about boxing during several Twitter Spaces, including his focus on creating drama around a fight. iDubbbz emphasizes how he wants to respect the sport of boxing with his event and not create fake drama to hype it up (shown below). That day, Keemstar responded to the video on Twitter.^[10]

Dad vs. Matt Watson

On March 24th, 2022, Matt Watson posted a diss track to YouTube^[11] against his opponent Dad, aka Nathan Barnatt, gaining over 167,000 views in a month (shown below, left). On March 28th, Dad posted a response diss track to YouTube,^[12] gaining over 158,000 views in a similar span of time. Dad also began selling merch with Matt Watson's headstone on it.

On April 15th, 2022, iDubbbz and Jomha appeared on the H3 Podcast on YouTube^[15] to discuss the fight, during which Dad calls in to discuss the upcoming fight against Matt Watson from SuperMega (shown below). During the episode, they watch the respective fighters' diss tracks and Dad talks about his motivation for the fight, saying the recent loss of "the love of his life" is fueling him.

AB vs. Hundar

On March 28th, 2022, Hundar posted a video to the Muscle Party YouTube channel announcing his fight with AB of the H3 Podcast, gaining over 60,000 views in a month (shown below).

On April 1st, AB aka Starkilla posted a video to his Starkilla YouTube^[14] channel advertising the fight and showing some training footage, gaining over 251,000 views in three weeks (shown below).

Justaminx vs. Yodelling Haley

On April 7th, 2022, Justaminx posted a video to YouTube^[13] where she officially announces her fight against Yodelling Haley, gaining over 44,000 views in two weeks (shown below).

Going into the fight, Minx was favorited to win by those in the streaming space, but Yodeling Haley gave her a fair amount of pushback in every round, but halfway through round 4 the match was called for Minx by the referee.

iDubbbz vs. Dr. Mike

The main title card event was iDubbbz vs. Dr. Mike, and the fight went the distance, meaning all rounds were fought before the judges decided on a winner, which they unanimously decided was Dr. Mike, despite a good showing from both competitors.

Arin Hanson Vs. Harley Morenstein

The heavyweight fight, Harley Morenstein was heavily favored to win the fight, which he did in the second round thanks to a flurry of blows laid on Arin as he was pushed back against the ropes, unable to counter.

Creator Clash 2

On January 24th, 2023, Creator Clash 2 was announced on Twitter^[18] along with the full card of fighters. A video was also posted to the iDubbbz YouTube^[19] channel that day announcing the fighters, garnering over 130,000 views in under a day (shown below). The fight is set to take place on April 15th, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.

The full fight card includes matchups between:

• Dad vs. Starkilla (AB Ayad)
• Myth vs. Hundar
• RIP Mika vs. Alanah Pearce
• Ididathing vs. Fitz
• Arin Hanson vs. Jarvis Johnson
• Leonhart vs. Crankgameplays
• Hayley Sharpe vs. Marisha Ray
• Jaelaray vs. Abelina Sabrina
• Froggy Fresh vs. Chris Raygun
• John Randall Hennigan vs. Harley Morenstein
• Jack Manifold vs. Dakota Olave
• Alex Wassabi vs. iDubbbz

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