For Immediate Release: August 5, 2022
BYB Extreme Super Middleweight Champion Jose “The Goat” Fernandez is out of BYB11: Brawl in Doral Due to Injury; Will Defend Belt against Sam Liera at a Date TBD
August 27 Event features 11 bare knuckle brawls including the Inaugural Middleweight title fight and 2 women’s matchups. Tickets are on sale now at bybtickets.com.
MIAMI, FL – BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting Series and Matchmaker/Director of Competition Mel Valenzuela announced today a lineup change for its August 27 card at Trump National (4400 NW 87th Ave, Doral, FL 33178), the first sporting event at the venue since the global pandemic took hold.
- The Middleweight Title Bout between Former UFC star and undefeated bare knuckle fighter Desmond “The Predator” Green (2-0, Miami, FL) and fellow undefeated Gabriel “Warrior of God” Freyre (2-0) will now headline BYB11 as the Main Event of the night.
- In a Co-Main Event women’s matchup, 12-3 pro boxer Kallia “Pink Tyson” Kourouni (Miami, FL by way of Greece) makes her bare knuckle debut against 1-1 Jessica Link (Witchita, KS).
Sam “The Caveman” Liera (3-0, Fullerton, CA) will now knuckle up against Zach Zane (0-1, Maui, Hawaii) in a hard-hitting light heavyweight bout. - Light Heavyweight Alan “The Rebel” Arzeno (1-2, Miami, FL by way of Santo Domingo, DR) looks to improve his record against BKB™’s Paul “War Ready” Hillz (5-4, Rochford, Essex, United Kingdom) in the ninth installment of the BYB-BKB cross-promotional series. BYB currently holds a 4-3-1 record against its UK counterpart, and will cap it off hosting BYB 12 this October in London. By year’s end, BYB and BKB™ will have treated fans to 15 international bare knuckle fights in 2022.
- Former Bellator fighter Josh “The Hammer” Burns (6-6, Detroit, MI) makes his return to the Trigon (looking to rebound from his BYB 9 loss to current BYB Heavyweight Champion Tony Lopez) as he faces off against DJ “Da Protege” Linderman (0-1, Eureka, CA).
- Jarome “The Hatchet” Hatch (Mount Belvieu, TX) will make his bare knuckle debut in a Cruiserweight matchup against Teagan “Kill ‘Em Softly” Franco (2-1, Oklahoma City by way of Spanawai, WA).
- KO Specialist Isaiah “The People’s Champ” Quinones (4-1, Miami, FL) – whose only blemish came via DQ – will battle tough opponent Nathan “King Cong” Arriaga (0-1, Hendersonville, NC) in a Supermiddleweight matchup.
- Walel “The Pharaoh” Watson (0-1, Long Beach, CA) returns to the Trigon to take on Lightweight opponent Brandon “Slaughterhouse” Birr (Cleveland, OH). Birr, a training partner of BYB’s Chad Kelly, is making his bare knuckle debut.
- Welterweight Chris “Melaza” Gonzalez (0-1, Dade City, FL by way of Passaic, NJ) makes his return to the Trigon against BYB veteran Jeff “Hungry” Chiffens (3-5, Wilmington, DE).
- Skylar “The Goon” Burns (0-1, Lakewood, WA) will take on newcomer Casie Dees (Fort Smith, AR by way of Poteau, OK) in a Middleweight matchup.
- A pair of Welterweights make their bare knuckle debuts as Sean Cerveny faces Bellator fighter Jonathan “El Sancho” Quiroz.
*Card subject to change
About BYB
BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting Series and the patented mighty Trigon will return to South Florida on Saturday, August 27 at Trump National Doral in Miami. Tickets are on sale now at bybtickets.com.
BYB Extreme Fighting Series was established to bring fight fans what they want most, ACTION! BYB Extreme Bare-Knuckle Brawl is designed to leave decisions to the combatants in the ring, not the judges. Close combat in BYB’s 3-sided Triangle ring, affectionately known as “The Trigon,” just about guarantees that. No other ring or cage in the world has angles of less than 90 degrees. With 60-degree angles, “The Trigon’ guarantees 180-degrees of mayhem. For more information visit bybextreme.com, Facebook @bybextremefightingseries, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube at @bybextreme.
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