| PFL MENA 1 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL MENA 1 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | May 10, 2024 | |||
| Venue | The Green Halls | |||
| City | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PFL MENA 1 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on May 10, 2024, at The Green Halls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [1] [2]
In late August, 2023, the promotion announced that it had sold a minority stake for $100 million to SRJ Sports Investments – a branch of Public Investment Fund – to invest into creating PFL MENA (Middle East and North Africa) regional league. Starting in 2024, PFL MENA will feature the top emerging Middle East and North African fighters, and will be broadcast during prime local hours with all events staged in the MENA region and live stream on DAZN. The format will follow the same as the regular PFL Season, with the winner receiving a $100,000 prize and a chance to earn a spot in the 2025 PFL regular season. [3] [4] [5]
| Main card (DAZN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | def. | Yazeed Hasanain | TKO (submission to punches) | 2 | 4:59 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Bantamweight | Ali Taleb | def. | Nawras Abzakh | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Bantamweight | Rachid Haz | def. | Xavier Alaoui | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:54 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Featherweight | Islam Reda | def. | Adam Meskini | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Bantamweight | Tariq Ismail | def. | Jalal Al Daaja | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Bantamweight | Elias Boudegzdame | def. | Hassan Mandour | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 0:52 | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Women's Atomweight | Hattan Alsaif | def. | Nada Faheem | KO (head kick) | 2 | 0:41 | [lower-alpha 7] |
| Featherweight | Maraoune Bellagouit | def. | Mido Mohamed | TKO (punch) | 3 | 4:24 | [lower-alpha 8] |
| Featherweight | Abdalrahman Alhyasat | def. | Ahmed Tarek | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 9] |
| Flyweight | Malik Basahel | def. | Harsh Pandya | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 3:00 | [lower-alpha 10] |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Yazeed Hasanain | 2r. | |||||||||
 Abdullah Al-Qahtani | TKO | |||||||||
| Abdullah Al-Qahtani | ||||||||||
| Abdalrahman Alhyasat | ||||||||||
| Abdalrahman Alhyasat | UD | |||||||||
 Ahmed Tarek | 3r. | |||||||||
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| Mido Mohamed | 3r. | |||||||||
 Maraoune Bellagouit | TKO | |||||||||
| Maraoune Bellagouit | ||||||||||
| Islam Reda | ||||||||||
| Islam Reda | UD | |||||||||
| Adam Meskini | 3r. | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Jalal Al Daaja* | DRAW | |||||||||
 Tariq Ismail | 3r. | |||||||||
| Jalal Al Daaja | ||||||||||
 Ali Taleb | ||||||||||
| Nawras Abzakh | 3r. | |||||||||
| Ali Taleb | UD | |||||||||
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| Xavier Alaoui | 2r. | |||||||||
| Rachid Haz | SUB | |||||||||
| Rachid Haz | ||||||||||
 Elias Boudegzdame | ||||||||||
| Elias Boudegzdame | SUB | |||||||||
| Hassan Mandour | 2r. | |||||||||
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