BYB 16 Desert Brawl took place March 18 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai, UAE, the first ever bare knuckle boxing event in the history of the Gulf region and featured fighters from 12 nations. The card featured a cruiserweight matchup between BYB’s Jarome “The Hatchet” Hatch (USA) and Bare Knuckle Alliance parter BKB’s “Marvelous” Marko Martinjak (Croatia) for Martinjak’s Police Gazette World Diamond Belt, a special attraction between Will Chope (USA) and BKB’s Szymon Szynkiewicz (Poland), a pair of women’s brawls, the BYB debut of Rashad “Daywalker” Coulter (USA), and more.
Cruiserweight for the Police Gazette World Diamond Belt
Jarome “The Hatchet” Hatch (USA) vs. “Marvelous” Marko Martinjak (Croatia)
Will Chope (USA) vs. Szymon Szynkiewicz (Poland, BKB)
Rashad “Daywalker” Coulter (USA) vs. Quentin “Ruskov” Domingos (Portugal, BKB)
Agnesa Kriakosian (Armenia) vs. Mariana Kamara (Lebanon)
Ivan Wycliff Ggunga (Uganda) vs. Mohamad Ghorabi (Lebanon) 194
Eric “Bloodaxe” Olsen (USA) vs. Richie “The Viking” Leak (England, BKB)
Ivica Jakopic (Croatia) vs. Aaron “Sinky” Sinclair (Northern Ireland) 161.3
Jessika Smith (USA) vs. Sonya Dreiling (USA)
Hamza Hamry (Tunisia) vs. Mark Tiffin (England, BKB)
Tony “Kryptonite” Lopez (USA) vs. Sean “Big Sexy” Turner (Ireland, BKB)
