2024 PFL MENA Championship full card revealed

• 4 Champions will be decided in the first-ever PFL MENA Championships.

• Return of Hattan Alsaif and 5 showcase bouts featuring former champions and No. 1 contenders.

• All PFL MENA Championship fights will be aired live on MBC at 7.30 pm AGT

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) in partnership with Ministry of Sport and the Saudi Mixed Martial Arts Federation (SMMAF), announced the completed card for the 2024 PFL MENA Championships, which will take place on Friday, November 29, at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

All the PFL MENA Championship action can be watched live on MBC at 7.30pm AGT, and tickets for this massive night of Championship action are now on sale now via: webook.com

The PFL MENA’s inaugural season reached its conclusion and 4 champions will be crowned in the Welterweight, Lightweight, Featherweight, and Bantamweight divisions. PFL MENA is creating a pathway for athletes from the region to compete in the PFL Global Season.

PFL MENA main event will include championships as follows:

• Featherweight Championship: Jordan’s Abdalrahman Alhyasat (5-0) will take on Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Al-Qahtani (9-2).
• Welterweight Championship will be decided between; Kuwait’s Mohammad Alaqraa (7-0) and Egypt’s Omar El Dafrawy (12-6).
• 135-pounds Category: Iraq’s Ali Taleb (11-1) will meet Morocco’s Rachid El Hazoume (15-3).
• Bantamweight title, and Lightweight Championship: will be contested between; Iran’s Mohsen Mohammadseifi (6-2) and; Lebanon’s Georges Eid (10-4).
• All Championship bouts will be five, five-minute rounds.
• For the first time in the history of the PFL Championships, the rule set will now allow elbows.

Other bouts to watch:

• The undefeated Saudi Arabian star Hattan Alsaif will be in action against Algeria’s Lilia Osmani.
• There will also be five showcase bouts taking place during the must-see event, when former Bellator World Grand Prix participant; Mansour Barnaoui (21-6) faces England’s Alfie Davis (17-4-1).
• Two undefeated heavyweights will collide when Tunisia’s Slim Trabelsi (7-0) will battle England’s Abraham Bably (5-0).
• 145-pounds: the 2023 PFL Featherweight titlist, Jesus Pinedo (23-6-1) will face former Bellator Featherweight contender Jeremy Kennedy (19-4).
• France’s Asael Adjoudj (8-1) will tangle with USA’s Jose Perez (9-1).
• Opening the card will be a middleweight showcase pitting Costello van Steenis (15-3) versus Brazil’s Joao Dantas (7-1).

PFL is the only organization in MMA with the sports-season format, where individual fighters compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship each year.

The combined roster of PFL and Bellator boasts 30% of its fighters independently world-ranked in the top 25 of their respective weight-class.

Moreover, PFL has an expansive global vision for the sport and is building the ‘Champions League of MMA’ with PFL Europe, PFL MENA, PFL Africa, and more international leagues in development.

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The Completed PFL MENA Championships Card (Friday, November 29 – 5:30pm AST/2:30 pm GMT/9:30 am EST):

• Featherweight Championship: Abdelrahman Alhyasat (5-0) vs. Abdullah Al-Qahtani (9-2).
• Welterweight Championship: Mohammad Alaqraa (7-0) vs. Omar El Dafrawy (12-6).
• Amateur Women’s Atomweight Bout: Hattan Alsaif vs. Lilia Osmani.
• Bantamweight Championship: Ali Taleb (11-1) vs. Rachid El Hazoume (15-3).
• Lightweight Championship: Mohsen Mohammadseifi (6-1) vs. Georges Eid (10-4).

MENA Showcase Fights:

• Lightweight: Mansour Barnaoui (21-6) vs. Alfie Davis (17-4-1).
• Heavyweight: Slim Trabelsi (7-0) vs. Abraham Bably (5-0).

Global Showcase Fights:

• Featherweight: Jesus Pinedo (23-6-1) vs. Jeremy Kennedy (19-4).
• Featherweight: Asael Adjoudj (8-1) vs. Jose Perez (9-1).
• Middleweight: Costello van Steenis (15-3) vs. Joao Dantas (7-1)