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What REALLY triggered HSTikkyTokky's boxing night riot between Tommy Robinson and Mo Deen, as Muslim influencer breaks cover to claim 'set up'

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DAILY MAIL REPORTER. (2026, November 9). What REALLY triggered HSTikkyTokky's boxing night riot between Tommy Robinson and Mo Deen, as Muslim influencer breaks cover to claim 'set up'. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/sport/boxing/article-16277957/hstikkytokky-boxing-riot-tommy-robinson-kilkenny.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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The Muslim influencer Mo Deen claims he was instructed to attack far-right activist Tommy Robinson during HSTikkyTokky's boxing event in Kilkenny, Ireland, which led to a riot involving metal chairs being thrown and one man stabbed. The event, streamed online to millions of viewers, had to be prematurely canceled due to unauthorized conduct; it drew up to 2,000 young fans but ended violently after Deen attacked Robinson inside the ring.
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On November 8, 2026, a boxing event in Kilkenny, Ireland, organized by Harrison Sullivan and Ed Matthews under their Unhinged Events company, turned violent after far-right activist Tommy Robinson attended as a guest. Two people were arrested during the riot, which erupted when Mo Deen, a Muslim social media personality, jumped from the ring to attack Robinson, who was holding a copy of his book "The Grooming Gang Cover-Up." The event had earlier been marred by chaotic scenes at a press conference on Friday evening. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, faces sentencing in December for harassing journalists and could face jail time. Sullivan and Matthews were featured in a Netflix documentary about manosphere influencers earlier this year.

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Riot Erupts At Tommy Robinson Event
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HSTikkyTokky Ireland Kilkenny Muslim Unhinged

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Robinson PERSON · 7× Kilkenny GPE · 5× HSTikkyTokky ORG · 4× Mo Deen PERSON · 4× Muslim NORP · 3× Sullivan PERSON · 3× Tommy Robinson PERSON · 3× Unhinged ORG · 3× Deen PERSON · 2× Ireland GPE · 1×

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Robinson was holding a copy of his book, The Grooming Gang Cover-Up, as he entered the ring Robinson, who is on bail before his sentencing in December, said 'Muslims have been raping our country for 100 years' as he riled up the crowd with inflammatory remarks about Islam Irish mobster Paul Flaherty just KNOCKED OUT a boxer at HSTikkyTokky’s Unhinged boxing press conference 😳 pic.twitter.com/NHVJFG10Ij — vxdeo (@vxdeo) September 17, 2026 Sullivan has seen other boxing events shut down in the past.
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He now claims it has been banned 'worldwide' in the wake of the carnage, while simultaneously talking up a fight card for next month – with hopes that far-Right activist Robinson will fight on it.

Claims (104 extracted, 15 hedged)

The Muslim influencer at the heart of HSTikkyTokky's shut-down influencer boxing night claims he was 'told to' attack Tommy Robinson in a 'scripted' moment that sparked a riot which saw a man stabbed and two arrests made. uncertain
arrests → shut → riot
The 'Unhinged' event, held in Kilkenny, Ireland, and streamed to millions online was held 'without any authorisation from anybody', sources say, and promised to be a 'proper scrap between the most chaotic names in the internet scene' – with Muslim influencer Mo Deen and a rival calling himself MrTikTokUK on the undercard. But the night, with a capacity of up to 2,000 young fans, had to be cancelled three fights before its conclusion when venue owners refused to let it continue. asserted
it → hold → conclusion
He now claims it has been banned 'worldwide' in the wake of the carnage, while simultaneously talking up a fight card for next month – with hopes that far-Right activist Robinson will fight on it. uncertain
Robinson → claim → it
At the point of cancellation, Mo Deen had jumped from the ring to attack Robinson, metal chairs were being hurled across the crowd by fighting fans, Sullivan had been hit in the head by a glass bottle and racist and sexist comments were being broadcast on commentary online. asserted
comments → jump → commentary
Later, one man was stabbed and two people were arrested. asserted
people → stab → ?
One teenager has been charged. asserted
teenager → charge → ?
Sullivan suggested the event had run 'absolutely brilliantly' because it was trending online. uncertain
it → suggest → ?
His claims of his company being cancelled appear to have little substance, sources close to boxing authorities say. uncertain
sources → cancel → authorities
Mo Deen now says he has received death threats from Robinson's supporters and, in one video, suggested he feared a 'hit' would be put out on him. uncertain
hit → say → him
For all those people who claim Tommy Robinson was simply the victim in what became a mini-riot in Dublin, watch this video. uncertain
what → claim → video
— Nick Lowles (@lowles_nick) November 8, 2026 TR might have well been kicked by MoDeen earlier )or attempted flying kick but debatable if there was actual contact), but it was after that incident had… uncertain
incident → kick → MoDeen
A mass brawl erupts at HSTikkyTokky's Unhinged 003 boxing event in Kilkenny on Saturday asserted
brawl → erupt → Saturday
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson sparked the violent riot with an altercation inside the ring Muslim influencer Mo Deen has claimed he was 'told to' attack Robinson in a 'scripted' moment At the Hub in Kilkenny, a 1,900-capacity community venue which hosted The Boomtown Rats at the start of the year and is welcoming Irish singer Gavin James next month, an already violent event broke out into a brawl after an altercation between Robinson and Deen – whose real name is Mohammad Kubba. asserted
name → spark → Robinson
Robinson, currently on bail after being found guilty in October of harassing two Daily Mail journalists in a campaign that caused them to fear for their safety, arrived in Kilkenny as a ringside guest, accompanied by a large contingent of his supporters. asserted
them → find → supporters
He is due back in court on December 16 for sentencing, with the hearing potentially to result in a custodial sentence. asserted
hearing → result → sentence
The chaotic scenes in Kilkenny were preceded by an equally unruly press conference on Friday evening, where multiple fighters launched themselves at one another in a series of violent clashes involving streamers, rappers, OnlyFans models and convicted sex offender-turned-YouTuber Paul Flaherty. asserted
fighters → precede → streamers
Flaherty, who was jailed for five years in 2018 after being convicted of sexually assaulting a woman he met on Tinder, had already been embroiled in a chaotic brawl at a Unhinged promotional event in September, with footage of the confrontation quickly going viral online. asserted
footage → jail → confrontation
Tensions rose on Saturday night when Sullivan and his influencer friend Ed Matthews, who starred alongside HSTikkyTokky in Louis Theroux's documentary Inside The Manosphere, invited Robinson to join them at the commentators' desk before Deen's fight. asserted
who → rise → fight
Holding a copy of his book, The Grooming Gang Cover-Up, the 43-year-old activist made a series of inflammatory remarks about Islam, claiming that 'Muslims have been raping our country for 100 years' and citing false statistics about Muslim men and sexual offences. asserted
Muslims → hold → men
After defeating MrTikTokUK, Deen – whose real name is Mohammad Kubba – climbed out of the ring and launched himself at Robinson with a flying kick, in a moment he has since claimed was staged and designed to raise tensions ahead of a potential future bout between the two. asserted
he → defeat → two
Deen took to social media to claim his attack was staged as he sought refuge in a utility room The initial brawl spilled into the crowd but was largely contained by security, who managed to defuse the situation. uncertain
who → take → situation
Deen, 41, subsequently left the venue as the remaining bouts got underway, only to be escorted back inside by event security after it was claimed Sullivan called for him to return and face Robinson in the ring. asserted
him → leave → ring
Sullivan has denied the claim as well as the claim by Deen that he was following a script. uncertain
he → deny → script
With tensions through the roof, and many racially diverse spectators left furious at Robinson's previous remarks, the far-Right activist launched his book towards Deen, sparking a physical brawl that violently went out of control. asserted
that → leave → control
Robinson was grabbed as punches were thrown, while people from both entourages were caught up in the melee. asserted
people → grab → melee
Violence quickly spread through the crowd, with chairs and metal barriers hurled across the venue, spectators exchanging blows and others scrambling to escape the commotion as security desperately attempted to intervene. asserted
security → spread → commotion
A string of videos showing people screaming, pushing and throwing punches were published to social media in real time as the chaos continued for approximately 20 minutes. asserted
chaos → show → minutes
Shouts of 'Oh Tommy Robinson' bellowed out from the riot before the livestream, which was broadcast on platform Kick to approximately 1.8million viewers, eventually cut to black. asserted
which → bellow → black
Police, who had been alerted to disturbances at the venue before the mass brawl broke out, arrested and detained a man in his 20s after another man was stabbed and rushed to hospital earlier in the evening. asserted
man → alert → evening
A teenager was also arrested by the Gardai and charged with violent disorder. ‘Gardai attended the scene of a number of incidents on the night of Saturday 7th November, 2026 at approximately 9pm at a premises on the Dublin Road, Kilkenny,’ a police statement read. asserted
statement → arrest → Road
’One male, aged in his 30s was assaulted and removed from the scene to St. Luke’s Hospital. asserted
male → age → Hospital
A man, aged in his 20s was arrested and is currently detained under Section 4 at a Garda station in the South East. asserted
man → age → East
‘A second male was arrested, an adult in his teens, for violent disorder and has since been charged. asserted
male → arrest → disorder
He is due to appear in court later today, no court sitting has been set at this time. asserted
sitting → appear → time
Despite the arrests and widespread violence, Sullivan attempted to restart the remaining bouts without spectators, solely for the event's livestream, before a visibly upset venue representative intervened to stop him. asserted
representative → attempt → him
Robinson brawled with Deen and his entourage after being invited into the ring by Sullivan Robinson greets the event's organiser HSTikkyTokky, whose real name is Harrison Sullivan HSTikkyTokky CRASHED OUT after someone in the crowd THREW a GLASS BOTTLE at him while he was interviewing a fighter 😳 pic.twitter.com/Uq8uSghkXC — clipmate (@clipmxte) November 7, 2026 asserted
he → brawl → fighter
A spokesman for the Hub has since said in a statement to Kilkenny Live: 'Following an incident the decision was made by the management of the venue to step in and stop the promotions company from continuing with their event. asserted
decision → say → event
The Hub has a zero-tolerance policy towards violence, aggression or disorderly behaviour.' asserted
Hub → have → violence
As the violence unfolded, Deen took to social media claiming his initial confrontation with Robinson had been staged for entertainment but spiralled out of control. asserted
confrontation → unfold → control
As he and his entourage sought refuge in a small utility room, Deen urged that his post-fight fly kick was scripted as he hurriedly told his crew to 'lock the doors'. asserted
he → seek → doors
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