Delaware's own bare-knuckle Fight Club - PHOTO

The real-life Fight Club, which keeps moving locations, cropped up last in Wilimington, Delaware.Organizers and competitors openly admit that the fights are illegal - but this does nothing to stop scores of spectators paying $100 for a ticket to watch the carnage and gamble on the outcome.Combat takes place in a ring on the ground marked by masking tape. The only rules are that biting, kicking and holds are banned, and that it is illegal to attack an opponent who is on the floor. The organization is known as Genco.tv - a nod to the owner's ambitions to stream the bouts live to an online audience, according to the News Journal.Danny Provenzano, 50, who has appeared on the Real Housewives of New Jersey, is the nephew of a New York gangster. He himself has served jail time for racketeering.He told the paper he has been organizing fights around Delaware for as many as a dozen years without alerting the authorities.But a match from this spring was filmed for an episode of investigative cable show 60 Minutes Sports, unveiling one of the brutal fights. In the footage Bobby Gunn, a retired Canadian boxer, takes to the ring and walks away with $40,000 in prize money. The fighting bears some resemblance to the 1999 Brad Pitt film Fight Club. Though clearly the oft-touted 'first rule' that the club be kept an absolute secret is not adhered to.A perhaps accidental similarity is that the Delaware city where the fights now take place shares a name with Wilmington, California - which was the real-life filming location for parts of the film. Provenzano said that the bouts have been unveiled in a bid to make his enterprise legitimate. He claims to be in discussion with state authorities - though he would not say which one - to get a permit for the fights.According to Delaware state laws, any unlicensed 'combative fighting' event carries risks of prosecution for all those involved.Anyone who fights, as well promoters, organizers, judges and referees are liable, and could be hit with $1,000 fines for violations.(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az