Borat is Facing Off with DrLupo Today on Twitch for "Global Supremacy"

It's been a decorated week for Twitch when it comes to high-profile public figures making their debut on the platform. Yesterday saw New York congressional representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveal that she is planning to play and stream Amongst Us to motivate voters ahead of the US election, while another (in)famous figure from Kazakhstan is also making his debut on Twitch tonight.

Over on Twitter, Twitch announced that Borat (the parody character played past actor Sacha Baron Cohen) will be streaming in "a battle for global supremacy" confronting famed streamer DrLupo. The grudge match betwixt the ii will exist ambulation on Twitch today, Oct twenty, starting at 3pm PT/6pm ET on DrLupo's official Twitch aqueduct.

For the first time ever, Kazakhstan's biggest gamer will go live on Twitch.

Very nice.#Borat faces off against @DrLupo in a battle for global supremacy, tomorrow October 20 at 3pm PT on https://t.co/GFgVyGvc4n. picture show.twitter.com/LcICoesa5f

— Twitch (@Twitch) October xix, 2022

Presumably, the stream is existence aired as a promotion for the upcoming Borat sequel, which is officially titled Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Government for Brand Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The new film, which comes xiv years after the original'due south release in 2006, is premiering on Fri, October 23 on Amazon Prime, and so information technology only makes sense that Twitch (which is owned by Amazon) would desire a promo stunt ahead of the film'due south release by pitting Borat against a well-known streamer.

At the moment, it's unknown what games will be played between Borat and DrLupo, who is popular for streaming boxing royale titles like Fortnite, Fall Guys, and Escape From Tarkov. However, the real depict will clearly be seeing Baron Cohen in graphic symbol as Borat, and seeing just how skilled of a gamer that his grapheme truly is.

TheBorat sequel volition officially debut on Amazon Prime this coming Friday, October 23.

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