A day after losing on points to Israel's Ruach HaShem Gordon, the Moldovan fighter he fought was caught on camera helping himself to goods from a Judaica stall in Tel Aviv's Carmel Market, Sport5 reported Tuesday.

Footage aired on Channel 13's investigative programme HaTzinor showed the fighter, named in Israeli reports as Maximus Bejenoutas, picking souvenirs and religious ornaments off a stall and walking away without paying. Sport5 put the value of the missing goods at "hundreds of shekels."

The stall's owner, identified as Sharon Solimanzadeh, did not hold back when the footage was put to her. "I'm asking the whole world to see this," she said. "It's not pleasant to steal from a business that's struggling to stay afloat."

The theft came less than 24 hours after Bejenoutas had shared a ring with Gordon at a Gordon-family fight card in Tel Aviv on July 27. Gordon, employing a low-kick game plan that visibly swelled his taller opponent's lead leg by the second round, took a clean unanimous decision after three rounds.

It was the latest step in the rise of Ruach HaShem Gordon, one of seven siblings in an Israeli fighting family whose names all incorporate HaShem, the Hebrew word for God. In 2023, at just 19, he became the first Israeli man to win an IFMA world Muay Thai title, in the up-to-57kg division, and that same year added a Rajadamnern Stadium championship in Bangkok — a first for an Israeli fighter in Thailand.

Gordon's win over Bejenoutas came on a card that also featured his brother Khabib, who scored what ONE.co.il described as an impressive knockout earlier on the same bill — making the shoplifting footage an awkward postscript to an otherwise strong night for the family.

Organisers of the event condemned the theft when asked for comment, while making clear their responsibility as promoters extends only to what happens inside the ropes, not to a beaten fighter's conduct once he leaves the venue.

Sport5 did not report whether police had been called in over the incident, and there was no immediate response from Bejenoutas or his camp.