PFL MENA 1 (2025)
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Professional Fighters League MMA event in 2025
PromotionProfessional Fighters League
DateMay 9, 2025 (2025-05-09)
VenueOnyx Arena
CityJeddah, Saudi Arabia
| PFL MENA 1 | ||||
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.jpg) The poster for PFL MENA 1 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | May 9, 2025 (2025-05-09) | |||
| Venue | Onyx Arena | |||
| City | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | |||
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PFL MENA 1: 2025 First Round was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on May 9, 2025, at Onyx Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[1][2]
The event marked the promotion's first visit to Jeddah. This event partnered with Jeddah Season to elevated the sport of MMA in the Middle East.[3]
This event featured the quarterfinals of the 2025 PFL MENA Tournament in a lightweight and featherweight divisions.[4]
Results
| Main card (DAZN / StarzPlay) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Mohsen Mohammadseifi | def. | Ahmed El Sisy | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Salah Eddine Hamli | def. | Abbas Khan | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:05 | [b] |
| Featherweight | Taha Bendaoud | def. | Drissi Boualem | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:07 | [c] |
| Flyweight | Malik Basahel | def. | Mountasser Boutouta | TKO (elbows and punches) | 2 | 2:32 | |
| Featherweight | Assem Ghanem | def. | Hussien Salem | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Featherweight | Islam Reda | def. | Akram Nasri | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:33 | [e] |
| Preliminary card (DAZN / StarzPlay) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Mohammad Fahmi | def. | Georges Eid | Submission (brabo choke) | 1 | 3:13 | [f] |
| Lightweight | Ahmed Makki | def. | Hasham Elnamer | Submission (heel hook) | 3 | 2:02 | |
| Lightweight | Souhil Taïri | def. | Abdullah Saleem | TKO (knee and punches) | 2 | 3:21 | [g] |
| Women's Featherweight | Eman Almudhaf | def. | Shamara Braga | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Amateur bouts | |||||||
| Catchweight (166 lb) | Abdulaziz bin Moammar | def. | Fares Hamdani | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 3:00 | |
- ↑ 2025 PFL MENA Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL MENA Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL MENA Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL MENA Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal. Salem was deducted one point in round 1 due to sticking his toes in the cage.
- ↑ 2025 PFL MENA Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL MENA Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ 2025 PFL MENA Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal. Taïri was deducted one point in round 1 due to an illegal kick.
Tournament brackets
2025 PFL MENA Lightweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Mohsen Mohammadseifi | UD | |||||||||
 Ahmed El Sisy | 3 | |||||||||
| Mohsen Mohammadseifi | ||||||||||
 Mohammad Fahmi | ||||||||||
 Georges Eid | 1 | |||||||||
| Mohammad Fahmi | SUB | |||||||||
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 Salah Eddine Hamli | SUB | |||||||||
 Abbas Khan | 3 | |||||||||
| Salah Eddine Hamli | ||||||||||
 Souhil Taïri | ||||||||||
 Abdullah Saleem | 2 | |||||||||
| Souhil Taïri | TKO | |||||||||
2025 PFL MENA Featherweight Tournament
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Akram Nasri[a] | 3 | |||||||||
| Islam Reda | TKO | |||||||||
| Islam Reda | ||||||||||
| Taha Bendaoud | ||||||||||
| Drissi Boualem[b] | 1 | |||||||||
| Taha Bendaoud | SUB | |||||||||
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 Izzeddine Al Derbani | — | |||||||||
| Yanis Ghemmouri[c] | BYE | |||||||||
| Yanis Ghemmouri | ||||||||||
| Assem Ghanem | ||||||||||
| Hussein Salem | 3 | |||||||||
| Assem Ghanem | UD | |||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Abueish, Tamara (2025-03-18). "PFL MENA returns to Saudi Arabia in partnership with Jeddah Season". Al Arabiya English. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ↑ Sherdog.com. "PFL MENA Season 2 to Begin on May 9 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ↑ "Season 2 Of PFL Mena Coming To Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, On May 9 As Part Of Jeddah Season". FightBook MMA. 2025-03-18. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ↑ "Full Fight Card Revealed For 2025 PFL Mena 1 In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia". FightBook MMA. 2025-04-10. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
- ↑ "2025 PFL MENA 1: First Round". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
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