The Professional Fighters League, in partnership with the Ministry of Sport and the Saudi Mixed Martial Arts Federation, announced today the full card for the 2024 PFL MENA Championships, which takes place on Nov. 29 at King Saud University in Riyadh. The PFL MENA’s inaugural season has reached its conclusion and four champions will be crowned — in the welterweight, lightweight, featherweight and bantamweight divisions. This championship is creating a pathway for athletes from the region to compete in the PFL Global Season. The main event in the featherweight division will have Jordan’s Abdalrahman Alhyasat (5-0) taking on Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Al-Qahtani (9-2). In the co-main event, the welterweight title will be decided between Kuwait’s Mohammad Alaqraa (7-0) and Egypt’s Omar El-Dafrawy (12-6). At bantamweight, Iraq’s Ali Taleb (11-1) meets Morocco’s Rachid El-Hazoume (15-3), and in the lightweight division the title fight will be between Iran’s Mohsen Mohammadseifi (6-2) and Lebanon’s Georges Eid (10-4). All championship bouts at PFL MENA will be five, five-minute rounds, and for the first time in the history of the PFL Championships, striking with elbows will be allowed. In addition to the championship fights, undefeated Saudi Arabia star Hattan Alsaif will be in action against […]