Are you bleeding? Is it because I called you the wrong pronoun?' Andrew Tate jeered to the ­assembled leaders of his so-called 'War Room' - a members-only online club which his followers pay thousands to join. Tate, a 6ft 2in kick-boxing champion, had just punched Matt in the face.

They were both wearing boxing gloves, and Matt was a willing participant. But he had been lured here under false pretences.

We were inside a fight gym in Bucharest where Tate had told us we could film him sparring. When we arrived, he said, 'Put some gloves on'.