| Photo Credits: BYB Extreme / Pawel Drazkowski |
| On Saturday, March 18, BYB makes history in Dubai when it will host the first-ever bare knuckle boxing event in the Gulf Region with its Desert Brawl card featuring athletes from 12 nations. The lineup will feature a cruiserweight matchup between BYB’s Jarome “The Hatchet” Hatch (USA) and Bare Knuckle Alliance parter BKB’s “Marvelous” Marko Martinjak (Croatia) for the Police Gazette Cruiserweight World Diamond Belt, a pair of women’s brawls, the BYB debut of Rashad “Daywalker” Coulter, and more. Weigh-ins were held today and fighters faced-off with one another in front of a celebratory St. Patrick’s Day crowd in Dubai’s Irish Village. Below are photos and official weights. |
| BYB 16 Official Weights & Photos |
| Dubai, UAE – Today, BYB Extreme Fighting Series Matchmaker Mel Valenzuela announced the full lineup (subject to change) for BYB 16 Desert Brawl, taking place Saturday March 18 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai, UAE in partnership with Coresports and broadcast globally on coresports.tv in both English and Spanish. The card will feature a cruiserweight matchup between BYB’s Jarome “The Hatchet” Hatch (USA) and Bare Knuckle Alliance parter BKB’s “Marvelous” Marko Martinjak (Croatia) for Martinjak’s Police Gazette World Diamond Belt, a special attraction between Hector Lombard (Cuba) and BKB’s Szymon Szynkiewicz, a pair of women’s brawls, the BYB debut of Rashad “Daywalker” Coulter, and more. |
St Patrick’s Day Weekend
March 17th 2023 Face Offs & Weigh Ins at the Irish Village.
March 18th 2023 FIGHT NIGHT at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium.
Hosted in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, a range of tickets are on sale, including ringside and 2 VIP Majlis categories with F&B packages.
Don’t miss any of the hard-hitting, bare knuckle action – live!
ABOUT BYB
Originating in South Florida with backyard legend Dada 5000, whose backyard fights gained worldwide popularity online, BYB was founded to harness the excitement of bare knuckle boxing into a more structured product for a wider, more mainstream audience.
Since 2015, BYB has worked diligently to grow the reach of bare knuckle boxing on both a domestic and international level, hosting events in Wyoming, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina and London, and is continuing to work with athletic commissions throughout the United States globally to expand the fanbase growing sport of bare knuckle boxing.
For more information on BYB, visit bybextreme.com and follow @bybextreme on social.
ABOUT CORESPORTS
CoreSports is a UAE-born and based international sports event company and broadcasting platform specializing in developing and delivering sporting projects from the point of conception to the point of execution.
Launched in 2018, Coresports prides itself on providing sports fans worldwide with exclusive content from Strongman and Powerlifting to Boxing, MMA, and ArmWrestling.
Coresports is now partnering with BYB Extreme, adding Bare Knuckle Boxing to its repertoire and continuing to provide fans with unforgettable action-packed live and streaming experiences.
Please note that you must be 21+ to attend this event.
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