'I bit his ear off... then he nearly tore out my eye!': Bare-knuckle boxer lifts lid on the brutal world of underground fighting where there are NO rules

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Once the fight starts, anything goes. The aim of the game is simple: knock out your opponent or force them into submission. Extra points if you eat your rival's flesh.

Eye-gouging, ear-biting, leg-breaking. Nothing is off the cards in King of the Streets - the underground brawls where the rules are... there are no rules.

The men prepared to stop at nothing in these little-known bare-knuckle fight clubs travel across the globe to carparks and fields on their hunt for glory.

Many are trained in mixed martial arts but sheer savagery is what reigns supreme in the makeshift ring. 

But despite their broken noses and 1,000-yard stare, many of these bruisers have normal family lives - some with young children. 

Bachir 'Bash' Fakhouri, pictured, bit another man's ear off in a King of the Streets fight last year. He told MailOnline: 'I bit the whole thing off, he eye gouged me and put his finger into my eye. I screamed for him to stop' 

One British fighter recalls biting the ear of his rival clean off, almost having his eye gouged out and begging his opponent to stop. 

Bachir 'Bash' Fakhouri, from Hastings, East Sussex, told MailOnline: 'The guy's ear I bit off - and I bit the whole thing off - he eye gouged me and put his finger into my eye. I screamed for him to stop.' 

The 'no rules' policy of King of the Streets, an international fight club, means competitors can inflict any form of pain onto their rivals using their bodies. 

There are also no rounds to the fight - as seen in a boxing match - meaning fighters cannot take a moment to recover.  

'You can headbutt, kick, stamp, anything. It's an agreement between two people. Groin shots, eye gouging,' said Bash. 

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Bash bit the ear (pictured left, on the ground) off of his opponent in a King of the Streets fight last year. Footage shows his rival screaming in pain while Bash tears away at the body part

The fighter, 42, sent footage to MailOnline showing his opponent screaming in pain while Bash pinned him against the wall and tore away at his ear.

A photograph shows the bloodied flap of skin lying on the concrete. 

'Ears get bitten off in fights,' said Bash.  

'He was right on top of me, and I told him, ''you've got to stop you've got to stop - I'm going to lose my eye''.

'They call me a one-arm army. I just turn up anywhere, do what I have to do, get my money.'

Bash, 42, took part in a Bare Knuckles Street Fighting Brawl last week, where he tried to bite his opponent. He said: 'I've been programmed now to be a no rules fighter' 

Bash would not reveal how much he was paid for this particular fight, but King of the Streets provides 'extra' for biting and more if the competitor eats parts of their rival.  

One fighter revealed he was paid £2,000 for a King of the Streets fight - a far cry from the £20million bagged by boxer Tyson Fury per fight and at much higher risk of death. 

Bash also kept the location of the brawl concealed, which took place last year, but a video of the fight posted by King of the Streets is titled 'Welcome to the UK'.  

Bash has done nine bare-knuckle matches after he started fighting as a child, when he learned Taekwondo. 

'I've fought from a young age really, all my life,' he said.  

He was also hesitant to discuss his family, but said: 'I've got a lovely family - a beautiful family.' 

Asked how the fight club gets away with organising such barbaric brawls, the fighter said: 'It's on private land and it's an agreement between two men. 

'It's not a sport. I'd like to say it is but it ain't.

Bash told MailOnline: 'You can headbutt, kick, stamp, anything. It's an agreement between two people. Groin shots, eye gouging' 

'A lot of the no rules fighters are older people. You don't really find youngsters in no rules. 

'Older men tend to be more streetwise.'

He added: 'They tend to be more men, I don't mean that rudely, but because of the injuries that go with it.

Last week Bash took part in a barbaric event in Bridlington, South Yorkshire, where he was hungry for the ear of his next opponent, Robbie Brown.  

The brawl was hosted by Bare Knuckle Street Fighting Brawls (BKSFB), which is separate from King of the Streets and sees competitors trade blows in metal cages while being roared on by crowds. 

The event welcomed more than 100 eager bare-knuckle boxing fans who spent around £40 each to watch 12 men settle scores across six fights.

Although the fighters have one goal - to destroy their opponent - certain acts such as biting and eye gouging are prohibited in BKSFB. 

But Bash tried taking a chunk out of Robbie after having his nose broken.

Robbie Brown, 28 (pictured) is a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter who fought in a King of the Streets brawl, for which he was paid £2,000. He said he would be up for more King of the Streets fights in the future

Despite his hunky exterior and fighting abilities, Robbie is a proud single-father to a little boy (pictured) 

Robbie's son is seen cheering on his father who appeared on the television in his fighting gear. A hand-made 'Team Daddy' poster is seen stuck on the wall 

After the fight between Robbie and Bash, Robbie wrote on Facebook: 'Had another bare knuckle fight today against bachir fakhouri, guy who bit someone's ear off on king of the streets, split him up straight away and the f***** tried to bite me. got the win anyway in about 20 seconds.' Pictured: Bash's broken nose 

'I've been programmed now to be a no rules fighter,' he said. 'If you get punched very very hard you don't always know what you're doing. 

'We started fighting. Missed a few times really, I did, I missed a few times, he caught me with a good right hand, he broke my nose.

'We got into a clinch. I headbutted him a few times. 

'Then we fell to the floor, and he was on top of me. I didn't really know [...] because I was dazed. I started biting him a little bit. Then we got up, carried on, then did exactly the same. 

'I tried headbutting him, he tried headbutting me, then I bit him a few times they say.'

Shocking footage shows Bash and Robbie readying themselves for the fight before Bash goes in for a punch and grabs the neck of his rival, before Robbie punches Bash in the face and breaks his nose. 

Robbie is then seen tackling Bash to the ground before the referee and organiser of the event, Derek 'Decca' Heggie, intervenes. 

Accused of stepping over the line twice during the match, Bash storms out the cage and Robbie wins. 

Police officers at the scene monitored what was going on but soon left, ultimately giving the day the green light. 

Bash later wrote on Instagram: 'Don't bring a fighting dog to a fight and moan when it bites,' alongside a picture of his bloodied face. 

Robbie Brown, 28, posted on Facebook: 'Had another bare knuckle fight today against bachir fakhouri, guy who bit someone's ear off on king of the streets, split him up straight away and the f***** tried to bite me. got the win anyway in about 20 seconds.' 

Robbie, a single-father to a little boy, was recently paid £2,000 for a King of the Streets fight, with his flight to Sweden and hotels paid for by the business. He said he would be up for doing more fights with them in the future. 

He told MailOnline: 'That's the most dangerous thing you can do. It's no rules,  anything goes. 

Speaking about his family, Robbie told MailOnline: 'They came to a couple of fights. They only watch it after'. He is currently working as a construction worker as he said fighting doesn't earn him enough money to live on 

Robbie described King of the Streets as 'the most dangerous thing you can do', adding: 'You can eye gouge, you can bite, its just like a street fight. There's no rules' 

'You can eye gouge, you can bite, its just like a street fight. There's no rules. 

'I have fought on King of the Streets recently in Sweden, but before that I was mainly MMA. I've had hundreds of fights now.

'I won in about 20 seconds. That was in Sweden. 

'It's a crazy experience but people think it's worse than what it actually is.

'It is bad because obviously you're fighting on concrete. The cameras make it look worse than what it actually is. 

'I love it.' 

Talking about his family, Robbie said: 'They came to a couple of fights. They only watch it after.' 

Robbie, who started boxing as a teenager, is a single-father to a little boy who he frequently posts about on social media. In one post on Instagram he wrote: 'This boy has my ♥️.' 

Speaking about his fight with Bash, Robbie said: 'He tried to bite me [on] the ear, the cheek and the shoulder' 

On his fight with Bash, for which he was paid £400, Robbie said: 'I'm not scared of getting injured, I'm scared of losing.

'He tried to bite me [on] the ear, the cheek and the shoulder. He had a gum shield in so I don't know why he was trying really.' 

He added: 'The one at the weekend you fight until you can't no more, until you want to give in.' 

MailOnline has contacted King of the Streets and Bare Knuckle Street Fighting Brawls for comment.  

Harry Naylor, who lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, was one of the 12 fighters at the Bare Knuckle Street Fighting Brawls event last week  

Britain's brutal world of underground bare-knuckle boxing, where fighters trade blows in metal cages while being roared on by crowds, has been exposed in gruesome detail

Organisers at the Yorkshire event last week said the events allow 'scores to be settled' in a controlled manner. Pictured: Fighter Callum McFarlane takes a knee in the ring