BYB Extreme Fighting Series
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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.[1] 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.[2] BYB is an abbreviation of "Back Yard Brawl," a nod to the company's origins.[3] BYB's fights are held in it patented[4] "Trigon" ring or cage, which it touts as the smallest fighting surface in combat sports.[5]
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Industry | Bare-knuckle boxing |
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Founded | 2015; 9 years ago (2015) |
Founder |
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Headquarters | Miami, Florida , United States |
Key people |
Mike Goldberg (Play-by-Play)
Paulie Malignaggi (Analyst)
Claudia Trejos (Spanish PBP)
Benny Ricardo (Spanish Analyst)
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Website | bybextreme |
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.[6] In 2024, BYB announced expanded coverage to Fight Network and Fuse.[7]