PFL MENA is heading again to Dubai for its 2026 season opener, with “Pleasure of Arabia” set for Sunday, Might 24 at Coca-Cola Area. The present begins at 5 p.m. GST and can stream within the area on STARZPLAY, persevering with the league’s win-and-advance format for fighters from throughout the Center East and North Africa.
PFL MENA launched in 2024 because the promotion’s regional league for the world, backed via its partnership with SRJ Sports activities Investments, and STARZPLAY stays a key broadcast outlet for followers in MENA.
PFL MENA in Dubai
The headline struggle places native title Mohammad “The UAE Warrior” Yahya towards Tunisia’s Mehdi Saadi in a featherweight quarterfinal. Yahya enters the cardboard at 12-6 and makes his PFL debut on residence soil, which provides the occasion a transparent native angle in entrance of a Dubai crowd. Saadi, listed at 6-2, steps into an necessary match spot of his personal, with the winner transferring deeper into the 2026 featherweight bracket.
The co-main occasion carries match worth too. Morocco’s Salah “Supersalah” Eddine Hamli brings an unbeaten 11-0 file into a light-weight quarterfinal towards Algeria’s Ylies “Broly” Djiroun, who arrives with a 24-9 mark and much more cage expertise. Hamli’s undefeated run makes him one of many names to look at on this card, whereas Djiroun provides the bracket a veteran take a look at straight away.
One of the watched names on the invoice could also be Zamzam Al Hammadi, the Emirati prospect scheduled for a ladies’s strawweight beginner showcase bout. Al Hammadi signed with PFL MENA in April 2025 after constructing her title via youth world titles in MMA and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and IMMAF described her as a two-time youth world champion who made historical past as the primary Emirati girl to win an IMMAF Youth World Championship in 2023. Her look in Dubai provides the promotion one other homegrown storyline past the primary occasion.
The remainder of the lineup provides match depth throughout the night time. Hamza Kooheji faces Taha Bendaoud in one other featherweight quarterfinal, whereas the light-weight bracket contains Mohammad Fahmi vs. Assem Ghanem, Ahmed El Sisy vs. Harda Karim, and Georges Eid vs. Hussein Fakher. Showcase fights are additionally scheduled for Abdullah Saleem vs. Basel Shalaan at light-weight, Hamad Marhoon vs. Saher Qasmieh at flyweight, Ahmed Albrahim vs. Khaled Mahmoud at welterweight beginner degree, and Butti Suwaid Alameri in a featherweight beginner showcase bout towards an opponent nonetheless to be introduced.
The venue itself is one in every of Dubai’s essential indoor occasion websites. Coca-Cola Area is in Metropolis Stroll, a couple of minutes on foot from Dubai Mall & Burj Khalifa Metro Station, and the sector advises followers to count on visitors due to its 17,000-capacity setup. It’s accessible from Sheikh Zayed Highway and Monetary Centre Highway, with paid parking, close by public parking, taxi entry, and a devoted drop-off zone on the essential entrances.
For PFL MENA, this opener is doing two jobs without delay: beginning a brand new match season and leaning into the native market with Yahya and Al Hammadi featured in Dubai. With athletes representing a number of nations on the cardboard, the occasion matches the league’s regional pitch whereas giving UAE followers a card constructed round names they already know.
