Police have filed 42 charges against a Nova Scotia man accused of running an illegal street fighting club after an investigation.

Authorities launched their probe after a complaint into the videos of the bare-knuckle brawls that were posted on YouTube.

Corben Matthew MacDonald, 24, the man accused of organizing East Coast Street Fights, faces six months in jail or a $2,000 fine -- or possibly both -- if he is found guilty.

"The RCMP street crime enforcement unit headed up the investigation," RCMP Cpl. Joe Taplin told CTV Atlantic. "They've got evidence towards 21 fights, which adds up to 42 charges."

Corben has been charged with 21 counts of unlawfully advising, encouraging and promoting a prize fight, and a further 21 counts for being present at a prize fight as an aide, second surgeon, umpire, backer or reporter.

A search for East Coast Street Fights on YouTube brings up several videos of the amateur brawls, including a "long anticipated trailer to the East Coast Street Fights DVD." On that video, the name Corben MacDonald appears as the "executive producer."

Another video ends with the text: "A Corben MacDonald Production." One scene shows a man thrusting his knee into the back of another fighter's head, while another shows a championship-style belt made from tinfoil with the letters ECSF.

None of the allegations have been proven in court and MacDonald declined to speak with CTV News.

On Wednesday, a judge agreed to have Corben's case held over until Jan. 30.

Corben's lawyer, Kelly Serbu, said he was caught off guard by the amount of media attention.

"I'm surprised to see this amount of people gathered outside the courtroom when I came out, to be honest with you," he told reporters.

Serbu also said the charges were "unique, in the sense that I have been practising for 10 years and I haven't seen anyone charged with them in Nova Scotia."

It's illegal to promote or host a fight in Nova Scotia without permission from the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority.

"Unless a fight is sanctioned by the province under the regulations, than it may fall under this provision of the Criminal Code," said Crown lawyer Art Theuerkauf.

Mickey MacDonald of the N.S. Boxing Commission said unsanctioned fights are extremely unsafe, especially with the absence of qualified medical personnel.

"These kids are just getting out there and brawling on the streets," said MacDonald. "A kid could get killed, injured, crippled for life. One thing I am very happy about is that the police are being proactive on this."

With a report by CTV Atlantic's Marc Patrone in Halifax