CARDIFF, WALES – BYB Extreme, the biggest and baddest bare knuckle company on the planet, will return to Wales on February 1, 2025 for BYB 36 Cardiff Brawl II. Following the promotion’s Wales debut this past August in front of a sold-out crowd, BYB Head of European Operations Jim Freeman announced today that headlining the February event will be the 10-1 “Welsh Wrecking Machine” Barrie Jones moving up a weight class and challenging BYB Light Heavyweight Champion, Venezuela’s Gregoris Cisneros. Cisneros is 4-1 with his only loss coming in his BYB debut by way of disqualification.
Said Freeman, “As much as any place, Wales has quickly become a hotbed of young superstars in the world of bare knuckle, and the fanbase has responded accordingly. While we continue to grow and establish ourselves as the worldwide leader in bare knuckle, BYB is proud to have found a recurring home in the fight-hungry Welsh market. We’ll continue to put on the best, high-quality shows, and leave fans wanting more.”
BYB CEO Gregory Bloom added, “SinceBYB’s acquisition of [London-based bare knuckle organization] BKB this past May, and the subsequent expansion of our global roster, we are able to put together the best matchups on the planet featuring the best fighters from all over the world. Fans on both sides of the Atlantic have been treated to quality, superstar matchups not available anywhere else in bare knuckle fighting.”
Also scheduled to be featured on the BYB 36 card are rising bare knuckle stars Alex Wilson and Kallum Skhane, UFC veteran Jack Marshman, Ryan McCann, and Joe Smith, and the BYB debuts of Ellis Shepherd, former WBC International Bantamweight and EBU European Super Flyweight champion Ashley Brace, and 10x Welsh and 2x British boxing champion Keiron Harding.
Tickets are on-sale now at bybtickets.com. Card subject to change and more fights to be announced shortly.
BYB’s next show is December 6 when it returns home to South Florida, USA for BYB 34, Brawl in the Pines IV, followed by its New Mexico, USA debut at BYB 35 Albuquerque Brawl January 11. 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. For more information on BYB, visit bybextreme.com and follow @bybextreme on social.
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