Showing posts with label BYB Extreme Fighting Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BYB Extreme Fighting Series. Show all posts

Thursday, February 13, 2025

BYB Extreme Fighting Series And Vice TV Sign Multi-Year Broadcast Deal

Press Release: February 12, 2025 By BYB Extreme Fighting Series-  



VICE SPORTS AND BYB BARE KNUCKLE BOXING REACH LANDMARK MULTI-YEAR MEDIA RIGHTS AGREEMENT


Surging Combat Sport to be VICE TV’s First-Ever Live Event Series


Credit: BYB Extreme Fighting Series 


NEW YORK (Feb. 13, 2025) - VICE TV today announced it has reached a landmark multi-year media rights agreement with BYB Bare Knuckle Boxing, the world's oldest and largest bare knuckle fighting company. VICE Sports will televise 13 live events in prime time this year, with most airing on Saturday nights, kicking off with BYB 37 Denver Brawl IV on Feb. 22. BYB will have the distinction of being VICE TV's first live sports event series as the 40M plus subscriber cable television network continues its programming shift to a sports-first model.


Since its inception, BYB has continuously given fight fans what they truly want: the best fighters in the world, taking the gloves off and facing one another in the oldest and purest form of combat sports, bare knuckle boxing. BYB's patented, 3-sided Trigon ring is the smallest fighting surface in combat sports, which pushes the action to the middle of the ring, forcing fighters to fight and resulting in a ninety percent knockout rate.


"We look forward to adding live BYB Bare Knuckle Boxing, our first live event series, as a mainstay of the VICE TV schedule as VICE Sports continues to fill its programming slate with compelling sports-themed docuseries, programs, live events, and podcasts," said Pete Gaffney, President of VICE TV. "BYB is a combat sport surging in popularity, and having it on VICE TV helps us fulfill our mission of featuring provocative sports programming that our audience now expects."


"Bare Knuckle Boxing is growing faster than any other sport, with a trajectory that mirrors MMA twenty-five years ago, and that growth and popularity will only accelerate as VICE TV builds out VICE Sports," said BYB CEO Greg Bloom. "BYB, like VICE TV, prides itself on being an industry innovator and disruptor, and we look forward to being a tentpole partner as VICE Sports continues to elevate exciting original and live programming."

 

Over the past year, BYB has become the international leader in this new and exciting combat sport, making significant strides in reshaping the landscape. With BYB's acquisition of Europe's BKB, the oldest bare knuckle company in the modern era, BYB has doubled its international roster and historic bare knuckle fight library, while significantly increasing the interest in BYB's global distribution.


BYB 37 will take place on Saturday, Feb. 22 (9:00 PM -12:00 AM ET) at the Stockyards Event Center in Denver, Colorado. The main event will pit two of BYB's most explosive (and undefeated) fighters against one another when men's Super Lightweight champion Harry "The Hitman" Gigliotti defends his Police Gazette Diamond Belt against Jon "Untameable" Barnard. In the co-main event, BYB Women's Featherweight champion Helen Peralta looks to become a 2-division champion when she faces Brazil's Lailane Mota for the vacant BYB Super Featherweight Police Gazette Diamond belt.


As global demand for sports programming continues to grow, VICE Media recently launched the VICE Sports brand, coupled with a significantly expanded original sports programming strategy. VICE TV, the cable television network in partnership with A+E, has shifted its programming to a sports-first model (find VICE TV viewing and streaming options here). Recent VICE Sports premieres include debate series Brady vs Belichick: The Verdict, with host Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo; Calipari: Razor's Edge, a docuseries following the legendary coach in his first season with the Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team; and Pitino: Red Storm Rising, a backstage pass as Pitino and St. John's University's Red Storm strive to capture the school's first BIG EAST Conference title since the turn of the century. Overall, the company will produce more than 50 hours of sports-themed docuseries, programs, events, and podcasts for global distributors across television and digital.


ABOUT BYB BARE KNUCKLE BOXING

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 into a more structured product for a broader, more mainstream audience. Since 2015, BYB has hosted events in Wyoming, Mississippi, Florida, New Mexico, Louisiana, South Carolina, Colorado, England, Wales, and Dubai, and is continuing to work with athletic commissions throughout the United States and globally to expand the fanbase and grow the sport of bare knuckle. For more information, visit bybextreme.com and follow us on social media @bybextreme.


ABOUT VICE MEDIA

VICE Media is a global media and entertainment company, focused on producing authentic, high-quality content across television, digital, film, news, and branded advertising. The company has four main businesses in its portfolio: VICE Studios (award winning television, documentary, and film production company); VICE TV (40M plus subscriber sports and entertainment cable network in partnership with A+E); VIRTUE Worldwide (a global, full-service strategic, creative, and branded entertainment agency that excels in increasing brands’ cultural capital in today’s ever-changing, digital-first world) and Pulse (leading commercial and music video production company). Recent Vice Studios content includes hit UK series Gangs of London (now available on Netflix in the U.S), MAX documentary Bama Rush and the newly launched video podcast Shane Smith Has Questions which has attracted millions of views on YouTube.



2025 BYB BARE KNUCKLE BOXING ON VICE TELECAST SCHEDULE*

All Times Eastern

*Subject to change



DAY DATE TIME EVENT

Saturday Feb. 22 9:00 PM -12:00 AM BYB 37 Denver Brawl IV

Saturday March 22 8:00 - 11:00 PM BYB 38 Wolverhampton, England, UK

Friday April 4 8:00 - 11:00 PM BYB 39 Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

Saturday April 19 8:00 - 11:00 PM BYB 40 Cardiff Wales, UK

Saturday May 31 8:00 - 11:00 PM BYB 41 Jacksonville, FL, USA

Saturday June 14 8:00 - 11:00 PM BYB 42 Albuquerque, NM, USA

Saturday July 5 8:00 - 11:00 PM BYB 43 Bolton, England, UK

Saturday Aug. 16 8:00 - 11:00 PM BYB 44 Denver, CO, USA

Saturday Sept. 6 8:00 - 11:00 PM BYB 45 Bristol, England, UK

Saturday Sept. 27 8:00 - 11:00 PM TBD

Saturday Oct. 18 8:00 - 11:00 PM TBD

Sunday Nov. 9 8:00 - 11:00 PM TBD

Saturday Dec. 6 8:00 - 11:00 PM TBD


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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Combat Sports Media Pioneer Gareth A. Davies Joins BYB Bare Knuckle Broadcast and Media Team

Press Release: October 31, 2024 By BYB Extreme Fighting Series- MIAMI, FLORIDA – BYB Extreme Fighting Series, the modern-day originators of bare knuckle fighting in the United States and largest bare knuckle fighting organization in the world, announced today that veteran boxing journalist and media personality Gareth A. Davies will join the BYB commentating team in an official capacity in 2025. Gareth, who worked with BKB - the pioneering UK-based organization that was acquired by BYB this past May, will serve in various roles with the organization including as an on-air analyst, interviewer, and social and multi-media personality.

 

Gareth joins an all-star trans-Atlantic broadcast team that includes a who’s who in combat sports: play-by- play announcers Mike Goldberg, Tom Ross and Claudia Trejos, color commentators Paulie Malinaggi and Benny Ricardo, ring announcer Kody “Big Mo” Mommaerts, and host and interviewer Danielle “Summer Rae” Moinet.

 

Said BYB CEO Greg Bloom, “Gareth, who brings knowledge, candor, and entertainment to his work, is among the most globally-recognized and most well respected authorities in boxing media. Over the past few years, his embrace and enthusiasm for bare knuckle fighting has quickly established him as a similar figure in our rapidly-growing sport. With BYB’s accelerated global expansion, there has been an immediate need to amplify our voice in the combat landscape, and I couldn’t think of a better individual to help us do so than Gareth.”

 

Said Gareth, “I am thrilled with the opportunity to work with BYB alongside some of the top names in the business, and appreciate the leading executives' faith in me to bring value to the company. I've long worked with boxing and in mixed martial arts, and I may be considered by many as a “boxing guy” at heart, but I quickly recognized that bare knuckle is combat in its purest form, and fans around the world are realizing that its excitement is hard to match.

Fans want action and they want knockouts, and BYB delivers time and time again."

 

"From breaking down technical elements of the sport to telling the amazing stories of BYB’s diverse and international roster of fighters, I can’t wait to get started."

 

BYB’s next show is November 9 when BYB makes its debut in Wolverhampton, England, followed by a return home to South Florida December 6. BYB is broadcast live globally on bkbworld.tv and on Fuse TV, The Fight Network and BeIN Sports in North America, as well as through direct channel partnerships in countries throughout the world. For more information, tickets, and more, follow @bybextreme on all social media platforms and visit bybextreme.com.

 

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 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, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, 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 May 2024, BYB acquired London-based BKB, the world’s first professional bare knuckle boxing promotion, who has successfully promoted forty bare knuckle events which were broadcast in over thirty-five different countries with millions of fans and viewers worldwide.



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Friday, September 20, 2024

Announcing: BYB 34 Brawl in the Pines IV

Credit: BYB Extreme Fighting Series 


Press Release: September 21, 2024 By BYB Extreme Fighting Series - BYB’s Pound-For-Pound Baddest Bare Knuckle Fighter on the Planet, “The Cuban Assassin” Gustavo Trujillo, to Take on Reigning BKB Heavyweight Champion, UK’s Richie “The Viking” Leak to Unify the BYB Heavyweight Police Gazette Diamond Belt; BYB Cruiserweight Police Gazette Diamond Belt Champion Cub “The Savage” Hawkins to Defend his Title against #1 Contender Zion Tomlinson.



 MIAMI, FLORIDA – BYB Extreme, the biggest bare knuckle company on the planet, announced today that BYB 34 Brawl in the Pines IV will be held Friday, December 6 in South Florida at the Charles F. Dodge Center in Pembroke Pines. First bell will sound at 7:30 PM ET with live broadcasts on Fuse TV, BeIN Sports and The Fight Network beginning at 8 PM ET. Live International PPV is available at bkbworld.tv.

 

BYB Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame matchmaker Mel Valenzuela and BYB Head of European Operations Jim Freeman announced that the main event for BYB 34 will feature BYB’s reigning heavyweight champion Gustavo “The Cuban Assassin” Trujillo (Miami, FL by way of Cuba) against the outgoing and reigning BKB heavyweight champion Richie “The Viking” Leak (United Kingdom) in the first title unification match since BYB’s acquisition of the London-based BKB this past May 2024. 

 

Trujillo boasts a 6-0 bare knuckle record with 6 first-round knockouts. He won the BYB Heavyweight title this past July in New Orleans by taking out champion Ike Villanueva at BYB 28 in New Orleans. Said Trujillo on the matchup:

 

"December 6 will be epic, and, once again, I will prove that I am the best pound-for-pound bare knuckle fighter in the world. I’ve beaten the best the US has to offer, and beating Europe’s best will be business as usual. To do so in my hometown, the city that has given me everything - Miami - is just going to make it victory even sweeter.”

 

Leak (4-1, 3 KOs) defeated a tough, experienced foe in Dan Podmore by third-round TKO this past March in Wolverhampton for the BKB Heavyweight title, and is ready to use his tenacity and experience to take it to Trujillo: 

 

“He's a great fighter and is due much respect, but he’s also never been past the first round and I am as tough as they come. I’ve proven time and time again that I just keep going. I’m battle-hardened, it’s time to see if he is too.”

 

The BYB 34 co-main event will feature two of the youngest stars in bare knuckle as former two-division champion and reigning BYB Cruiserweight Police Gazette Diamond Belt holder, 26-year-old Cub “The Savage” Hawkins (5-1, 5 KOs), defends his title against the number one contender, 24-year-old Zion Tomlinson. Hawkins is coming off a tough fight of the night performance at BYB 29, and is eager to defend his Cruiserweight belt. Tomlinson, who is undefeated in the Trigon, earned his title shot at BYB 26 when he defeated Uly Diaz in a title eliminator match. 

 

The always business-like Hawkins is looking to re-assert his dominance in the Trigon:

 

“It’s comeback season, and I’m already at the top, so he must fall. Y’all truly don’t know what my last fight did to me and I’ll never lose again because of it. I’m coming.”

 

Tomlinson has said previously, “I was written off and BYB gave me an opportunity and I'm making the most of it. I’m not even in my prime and feel like I’m one of the best bare knuckle fighters on the planet.

 

He added, “This is the end for Cub at 185.”

 

Card subject to change. More fights to be announced soon. Follow @bybextreme on all social media or visit bybextreme.com for more information.

 

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 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, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, London, 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 May 2024, BYB acquired London-based BKB, the world’s first professional bare knuckle boxing promotion, who has successfully promoted forty bare knuckle events which were broadcast in over thirty-five different countries with millions of fans and viewers worldwide.For more information on BYB, visit bybextreme.com and follow @bybextreme on social.

 

 

Material and Photo Courtesy of: BYB Extreme Fighting Series Used with permission. 


For more information about BYB Extreme Fighting Series please visit: www.BYBExtreme.com



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