Streetbeefs

Streetbeefs (or StreetBeefs or Street Beefs) is a backyard fighting club and YouTube channel founded in 2008[lower-alpha 1] that hosts fighting such as boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts. Chris "Scarface" Wilmore hosts the events at various locations on the east coast. They have fighters of varied skill levels, but they're noted for providing an avenue for inexperienced fighters outside of more formal amateur competitions. Since there is no admission fee, and no payment, it's not regulated by the state athletic commission. Wilmore originally started the organization to help settle disputes and provide an alternative to more dangerous forms of street violence. When they started, they had no medical professionals present, but now they have a registered nurse. The 2016 documentary "Guns to Gloves" features Wilmore telling his story.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Notes
  1. The YouTube channel was started in 2009.

References
  1. "This open-air fight club in Virginia has become a destination for those looking to settle feuds, seek thrills and blow off steam". ESPN.com.
  2. STAR-EXPONENT, DEVIN PAYNE CULPEPER. "Local fighter hopes his beefs carry him to the big time". Culpeper Star-Exponent.
  3. A Virginia fight club strives to stop gun violence by encouraging people to settle their disputes in a backyard ring - The Washington Post
  4. Bissell, Tim (April 28, 2020). "Video: UFC Fighter Reacts to Backyard Brawls (STREETBEEFS)". Bloody Elbow.
  5. Robinson, Author Rory (August 7, 2020). "(Video) Baby Hulk OBLITERATES Viking to Capture Street Beefs Microweight Championship". {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. Kurtz, Christopher Clymer. ""Streetbeefs": A Different Kind of Mediation". www.wmra.org.
  7. Rosales, Isabel. "Street Beefs fights in Harrisonburg get national attention". www.whsv.com.
  8. "YouTube's StreetBeefs Aims to Replace Gun Violence with … Regular Violence". July 22, 2018.


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