Jed MeshewThu, March 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM UTC·1 min readIt’s fair to say Hype Brazil isn’t your traditional combat sports promotion.
On Wednesday, Hype Brazil put on a mixed-event fight card at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a prelims full of bare-knuckle fights, and a main card showcasing submission grappling. The event is headlined by a grappling match between Arman Tsarukyan and Muhammad Mokaev, and featured UFC heavyweight Valter Walker serving as ring announcer. But Walker didn’t stop there; he was also an on-the-fly matchmaker.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDuring the prelims, the bare-knuckle fight between Mauricio Boni and Leonardo Guimaraes was abruptly cancelled when the promotion deemed the fighters were being too timid. Then, shortly afterward, Walker convinced two men in attendance for the event, one the head of security and the other a fan, to step into the ring and put on a bare-knuckle fight.
Ultimately, the two men decided to give it a go, adding a 12th, unplanned fight to the card. Unfortunately, as exciting as the idea was, the bout proved to be less fun. The head of security quickly showed he had a little more fighting ability than the random fan, tagging him with a few shots to the body, leading the random fan to rethink the whole event and call it a night.
You can check out the impromptu fight below.
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