MIAMI,FLORIDA – BYB Extreme Fighting Series, the modern-day originators of bareknuckle fighting in the US and largest bare-knuckle fighting organization in the world, announced today that it has enlisted the services of Jonathan Seigel to advise the company on impending growth and investor relations.
Seigel comes to BYB with over 30 years of experience that includes management of a $100 billion portfolio of loans and securities, and $30 billion of closed transactions across private equity, structured credit, and real estate. Most recently, Seigel worked alongside AlexRodriguez and Marc Lore on their investment in the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx professional basketball teams. Prior to working on the Timberwolves transaction, Seigel was Co-Founder and President of Tiber Capital Group (TCG), a company that deployed $3 billion of capital, acquiring 9,000 homes across the southeast. TCG’s partners included Starwood CapitalGroup and Alex Rodriguez, the CEO of Arod Corporation. Seigel is a lifelong combat sports aficionado and holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Jonathan earned a bachelor’s degree fromBoston University and his MBA from The George Washington University.
Mike Vazquez, BYB’s Founder andPresident, said, "I’m extremely pleased to announce the addition of Jonathan Seigel as our newest BYB team member. Jonathan has a wealth of experience in sports investing, private equity, and finance, and shares our vision for BYBExtreme in becoming the most successful and exciting sports property in the world. Our growth and success this year is just the beginning, and we envision 2025 being even bigger and better. As such, it is imperative to have individuals like Jonathan helping us navigate the journey ahead. I couldn’t be more thrilled to have him a part of our growing team.”
This past May, BYB acquired the oldest, active bare-knuckle company in the world (BKB), making BYB the largest company in terms of roster, library and global reach in the bare-knuckle space. This past Saturday it hosted its first bare-knuckle show in Wales in front of a sell-out crowd in Cardiff, just one week after and equally successful show in South Florida on August 10.
Said BYB CEO Greg Bloom, “BYB is a global sports and entertainment property that reaches millions of fans around the world on a monthly basis, and we are just scratching the surface of what we can and will do in the live combat sports space. I’m glad we have a experienced advisor likeJonathan to help us get there, and I look forward to working with him in that capacity.”
BYB’s next live show is September 21 inDenver, Colorado, followed in October by its first show in Leeds, England. For more information, tickets, and more, follow @bybextreme on all social media platforms and visit bybextreme.com
ABOUTBYB
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 fighting 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 internationally to expand the fanbase and to grow the sport of bare-knuckle fighting. In May2024, BYB acquired London-based BKB, the world’s first professional bare-knuckle boxing promotion, who has successfully promoted 40 bare-knuckle events which were broadcast in over 35 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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