BYB Extreme Fighting Series, the modern-day originators of bare knuckle fighting in the US, will host its Colorado debut at BYB 22 Rocky Mountain Brawl on Saturday, December 2 at the Stockyards Event Center in Denver.The historic card will be headlined by THREE title fights. Champion Mark “The Shark” Irwin defends his BYB Lightweight title against 21-year-old phenom Julio Tanori. Champion Monica Medina and Denver’s Paty Juarez will go to battle one more time to cap off their BYB Women’s Lightweight and Police Gazette World Diamond Belt trilogy, which currently stands at a win a piece. Arvada, CO’s LT “Smash” Nelson battles Robert Serna for the vacant BYB Super Middleweight belt. Plus, Greeley, CO’s “Red” Sonya Dreiling looks to avenge her previous split decision loss to Miranda “SheHulk” Barber. Shelby “Boom Boom” Cannon and Mexico’s Cecy Ulloa face off in a women’s Bantamweight eliminator match. Former UFC star Ike Villanueva looks to continue his climb up the BYB heavyweight ranks when he goes up against Jay Fish. Former world title contender Tommy Turner gets back in the Trigon against Aurora, CO’s Mitch Seybold. Harry “The Hitman” Gigliotti makes his BYB debut against Cody Jenkins.More exciting fights to be announced. Don’t miss out on this historic night in the Centennial State!
Originating in South Florida with backyard legend Dada 5000, whose backyard fights gained worldwide popularity online, BKB was founded to harness the excitement of bare knuckle fighting into a more structured product for a wider, more mainstream audience. Since 2015, BYB has worked diligently to grow the reach of bare knuckle on both a domestic and international level, hosting events in Wyoming, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, England, Wales and Dubai, and is continuing to work with athletic commissions throughout the United States and globally to expand the fanbase growing sport of bare knuckle fighting.
In the past two years, BKB (originally BYB) has purchased the UK-based BKB, the world’s oldest professional bare knuckle boxing company, and in doing so merged the organizations to create the largest bare knuckle boxing company in the world in terms of roster, library and distribution; ushered in ethical and legalized gambling to the sport; acquired the rights to the historic and prestigious Police Gazette Diamond Belt which now serves as the Bare Knuckle Boxing World Championship; and brought bare knuckle boxing to lineal television on both sides of the Atlantic, including the recent deal with VICE TV and in the UK with TalkSport.
