BYB Extreme Fighting Series

BYB Extreme Fighting Series (BYB) is a bare knuckle fighting organization founded in 2015 by former MMA fighter Dhafir ("Dada 5000") Harris and former NASCAR team owner Mike Vazquez whose HRT Motorsports was NASCAR's first Hispanic team. Harris rose to fame from his staging of backyard bare knuckle fights which went viral online and subsequently became the subject of the Billy Corben documentary, Dawg Fight. BYB is an abbreviation of "Back Yard Brawl," a nod to the company's origins. BYB's fights are held in it patented "Trigon" ring or cage, which it touts as the smallest fighting surface in combat sports.

BYB Extreme Fighting Series
IndustryBare-knuckle boxing
Founded2015 (2015)
Founder
Headquarters
Miami, Florida
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United States
Key people
  • Gregory Bloom (CEO)
  • Mel Valenzuela (Matchmaker)

Mike Goldberg (Play-by-Play) Paulie Malignaggi (Analyst) Claudia Trejos (Spanish PBP) Benny Ricardo (Spanish Analyst)
Kody Mommaerts (Ring Announcer)
Danielle Moinet (Interviewer)

Websitebybextreme.com

In June 2023, beIN SPORTS announced it secured an exclusive media rights deal with BYB in North America to broadcast "Best of BYB" archive shows as well as five live events, making it the first bare knuckle fighting to air live on linear television. In 2024, BYB announced expanded coverage to Fight Network and Fuse.

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