Champion Paty Juarez and Biloxi’s Own Monica Medina Will Rematch for the BYB Women’s Lightweight Championship and the Police Gazette Women’s 135 Diamond Belt
BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Fighting Series has announced its highly anticipated return to Biloxi, Mississippi for what promises to be an unforgettable night of hard-hitting action. On Saturday, September 16, BYB 20: Brawl on the Bayou will take place at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the matches beginning at 8 p.m. BYB 20 will also be broadcast live on beIN SPORTS XTRA and beIN SPORTS XTRA en Espanol OTT and OTA platforms.
The line-up is headlined by the long-awaited rematch between champion Paty Juarez and Biloxi’s own Monica Medina for the BYB Women’s Lightweight Championship and for the Police Gazette Women’s 135 Diamond Belt. In their last meeting, in Biloxi in May 2022, Juarez and Medina went seven rounds and saw Juarez win on split decision, much to the hometown’s displeasure. In addition to retaining her BYB title, Juarez was named the inaugural Police Gazette Women’s 135 Diamond Belt, at the time just the 19th Diamond Belt to be awarded in the organization’s 142-year history. The rematch had been postponed until now due to Juarez’s rehabilitation of an injury.
BYB Matchmaker Mel Valenzuela announced that the card will feature a cruiserweight matchup between former Bellator competitor Kaelii Kanekoa and Lebanon’s Mohamad “The Killer” Ghorabi. Kanekoa, who saw Trigon action at the May 2023 BYB Trigon Combat, will be making his bare knuckle debut, while Ghorabi returns to action following his impressive BYB debut in Dubai in February 2023 where he scored a first-round knockout.
The Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame’s 2022 BYB Debut Fighter of the Year Julio Tanori returns to action in a lightweight matchup against BYB newcomer Jeremiah Potts.
BYB 20 will mark the bare knuckle debut of heavyweight “Hurricane” Ike Villanueva, who has over 30 professional combat sports fights under his belt, as he takes on Matt “The Attack” Kovacs who steps back into the Trigon for the first time since BYB 3.
Also announced is the US debut of BKB’s Jonny Jones, who last saw Trigon action at BYB 12 with a Fight of the Night performance and victory over Henry Dossett. Jones faces off against Argentina’s Walter Saravia in an international matchup.
The current lineup (subject to change) is:
- Paty Juarez vs. Monica Medina
- Kaelii Medina vs. Mohamed Ghorabi
- Julio Tanori vs. Jeremiah Potts
- Ike Villanueva vs. Matt Kovacs
- Jonny Jones vs. Walter Saravia
- More to be announced.
For tickets and more information, visit https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B005EF5C4146CA0.
BYB 20 will be broadcast live and free in both English and Spanish in the US and Canada on Free on beIN SPORTS XTRA & beIN SPORTS XTRA en Espanol. Visit bybextreme.com/watch for how and where to watch.
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About BYB Extreme
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, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, London, 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. For more information on BYB, visit bybextreme.com and follow @bybextreme on social.
