HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (March 7, 2020) – Shannon Briggs was on hand for Dada 5000’s BYB Extreme Fighting “Brawl III: Brawl at The Rock” at the brand new Hard Rock Live at the new Hard Rock Guitar Hotel & Casino. Briggs took to the Trigon to tease fans of a possible upcoming fight in BYB Extreme Bare-Knuckle Brawls.
BYB Extreme Fighting Series was established to bring fight fans what they want most, ACTION! BYB Extreme Bare-Knuckle Brawls is designed to leave decisions to the combatants in the cage, not the judges. Close combat in BYB’s 3-sided Triangle cage, 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. BYB Extreme combatants will work to take the action to the center of the cage versus risking getting caught up in one of ‘The Trigon’s’ tight corners.
“Tonight was epic, I wanted to see all finishes, I practice this when I say nothing in the mighty Trigon is gonna go the distance, I really wanted to hold true to that, you know the main event was an unintentional foul, I expected more, and then we had another one, two unintentional fouls that ruined my prediction,” said big homie Dada 5000.
When asked if we are going to see Shannon the Cannon Briggs in the Trigon, Dada 5000 responded with “Thats the game plan, that’s what we are looking for, to get the Cannon out there and let those guns go off.”
The main event super heavyweight showdown between Chris Barnett and Matt Kovacs was to be all fireworks, however was highlighted only by Chris “Beast Boy” Barnetts dancing ring walk. Soon after the opening bell Barnett found him self in one of the 60 degree corners and Kovacs instinctively, from his MMA background, threw a short elbow that connected on Huggybears chin. Barnett was facedown on the canvas for several minutes and when he stood up was still on very unsteady legs as he fell into the ropes. The fight was officially declared a no contest due to an unintentional blow.
Knockout artist Matt “MFD” Delanoit stopped BYB veteran Mike Trujillo in round one. Delanoit looked impressive as he knocked Trujillo down three times with the end coming at 1:12 of round one.
The Jackson/Quinones matchup was filled with drama, confusion and a decent performance by Jackson, just not Brian Jackson who won by DQ.
In an odd bout that was interrupted by a near ankle injury as Jackson entered the Tirgon, Jackson, was brought back to the locker room to have a look, causing a delay. In his absence, a Micheal Jackson look alike performer took the Trigon for a thrilling dance and lip-sync performance of all of Jackson’s hits to keep the fans warm.
Jackson returned to the Trigon and the bell rang for round number one, within the first minute and a tangle up near the ropes, Jackson slipped down to the canvas and Quinones threw a punch that landed on the back of Jackson’s neck/upper-back. The fight was stopped and Jackson was awarded the win by DQ.
Against Dada 5000 wishes of wanting all finishes, the Rene Rodriguez Robert Brown matchup was the only matchup to go to decision 50-45 going to Rene Rodriguez.
John Michael Escoboa knocked out Leo Pla of Wichita KS, in the second round. Escoboa’s superior experience shined in his win tonight.
Luiz Melo stopped Robert Washington at 1:58 of the third round. Washington was deducted a point for holding the far more active and skilled Melo.
Heavyweight Lorenzo Hood knocked out Justin Grizzard with a barrage of punches with the end coming at 1:06 of the first round.
Christine “Knuckles” Stanley knocked down Sheena Brandenburg twice, finishing her at 50 seconds into the first round.
In the first fight, with the first punch, a jab, Carlos Alexandre Da Costa knocked out Colton Bowen. Bowen went down and was counted out at 23 seconds, including the 10 count.
“Overall success, this is just the beginning, history in the making we are coming right back here in a couple months” concluded Dada 5000.
