PFL MENA 9
Professional Fighters League MMA event in 2026
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PFL MENA 9: Rise of the Gulf is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that will take place on May 8, 2026, at the Dhahran Expo in Khobar, Saudi Arabia.[1][2][3][4]
| PFL MENA 9: Rise of the Gulf | ||||
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The poster for PFL MENA 9: Rise of the Gulf | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | May 8, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Dhahran Expo | |||
| City | Khobar, Saudi Arabia | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
The event will mark the promotion's second visit to Khobar and first since PFL MENA 4 (2025) in December 2025.[5]
Fight card
| Main card (DAZN / PFL App) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Salah Eddine Hamli | vs. | Ylies Djiroun | [a] | |||
| Featherweight | Hamza Kooheji | vs. | Taha Bendaoud | [b] | |||
| Featherweight | Mohammad Yahya | vs. | Mehdi Saadi | [c] | |||
| Lightweight | Mohammad Fahmi | vs. | Assem Ghanem | [d] | |||
| Flyweight | Hamad Marhoon | vs. | Saher Qasmieh | ||||
| Women's Atomweight | Hattan Alsaif | vs. | TBA | ||||
| Flyweight | Malik Basahel | vs. | TBA | ||||
| Lightweight | Abdulaziz Bin Moammar | vs. | TBA | ||||
- 2026 PFL MENA Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- 2026 PFL MENA Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- 2026 PFL MENA Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- 2026 PFL MENA Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
