BYB Extreme Fighting Series Announces BYB 16: Desert Brawl, the First-Ever Bare Knuckle Boxing Event in the Gulf-Region

BYB 16 in Association with CoreSports will be held Saturday, March 18, 2023 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in the United Arab Emirates

Dubai, UAE - After closing 2022 out with historical firsts, including the first-ever sanctioned women’s bare knuckle matches in the United Kingdom and South Carolina’s first-ever bare knuckle fighting event, BYB CEO Gregory Bloom announced today that the US-based BYB Extreme Fighting Series will host the first-ever bare knuckle boxing event in the Gulf-region. BYB 16: Desert Brawl will take place St. Patrick’s Day weekend at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in the United Arab Emirates in the heart of the city’s Irish Village.

The historic night of fights will be held in association with CoreSports, a UAE-born and based international sports event company and broadcasting platform. Since its launch in 2018, CoreSports has prided itself on providing sports fans worldwide with exclusive content from Strongman and Powerlifting to Boxing, MMA and ArmWrestling.

“BYB promised to bring bare knuckle boxing to a mainstream, global audience, and BYB 16 will be the next step in doing just that,” said Bloom. “The UAE has fast become a cultural hub and international destination for sports and entertainment. Through BYB 16 and our partnership with CoreSports, BYB will spread its reach at that of bare knuckle boxing to not only the UAE, but to countries throughout the region, as well as to parts of Europe and South Asia.”

BYB 16 tickets will be available later this week. You can sign up to watch BYB 16 Live at: app.coresports.tv/signup.

In the coming days and weeks, BYB will be announcing more details on the event, as well as the remaining schedule of shows - both domestic and abroad - for the 2023 year. BYB’s next show, BYB 15; Broward Brawl takes place Friday, February 3 in Miramar, FL.

For more information, follow @bybextreme and @coresportsworld on social media.

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 boxing into a more structured product for a wider, more mainstream audience. Since 2015, BYB has worked diligently to grow the reach of bare knuckle boxing on both a domestic and international level, hosting events in Wyoming, Mississippi, Florida and London, and is continuing to work with athletic commissions throughout the United States globally to expand the fanbase growing sport of bare knuckle boxing. For more information on BYB, visit bybextreme.com and follow @bybextreme on social.

ABOUT CORESPORTS

CoreSports is a UAE born and based international sports event company and broadcasting platform specializing in developing and delivering sporting projects from the point of conception to the point of execution. Launched in 2018, Coresports prides itself on providing sports fans worldwide with exclusive content from Strongman and Powerlifting to Boxing, MMA and ArmWrestling. With an impressive ever growing subscription base of over 100,000 active subscribers, Coresports is now partnering with BYB Extreme; adding Bare Knuckle Boxing to its repertoire, continuing to provide fans unforgettable action packed live and streaming experiences.