Magomedov & da Silva Battle for Vacant Title
Diani & Hammami put Both Belts on the Line
Abu Dhabi- UAE Warriors is back with another exciting weekend of
international mixed martial arts action. ‘UAE Warriors 43: Arabia’
and ‘UAE Warriors 44’ will take place on August 25 and 26,
respectively, live from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and available
worldwide on UFC FIGHT PASS and on ABU DHABI FIGHT in the UAE.
In true UAE Warriors fashion, this double-header of events will showcase
and provide a platform to some of the best fighters of Arabian heritage
as well as hosting a spectrum of highly touted prospects from the world
over.
Headlining UAE Warriors 44 will be a vacant UAE Warriors lightweight
title fight between the undefeated Amru Magomedov (6-0) and UFC veteran
Alex da Silva (22-5). The duo will compete for the title vacated by
Brazilian legend Bruno Machado following his recent retirement.
Hailing from the renowned Nurmagomedov team, Magomedov has an
unblemished record in MMA having won all six of his professional bouts.
The 24-year-old won his UAE Warriors debut thanks to a first round TKO
win over Ruslan Bolkvadze back in 2021 and, most recently, scored a
first-round submission victory over the previously undefeated Renan
Oliveira.
Magomedov now faces the toughest test in his young career in the shape
of Alex ‘Leko’ da Silva. The 27-year-old competed in the UFC four
times between 2019 and 2022 but has since found a new home in UAE
Warriors. In his last fight in May he secured a TKO win over Ali
Mashrapov to earn his spot to challenge for the title.
Canada’s Xavier Alaoui (14-4) meets Road to UFC vet Baergeng
Jieleyisi (14-5) of China in the co-main event of the evening. Alaoui is
the current UAE Warriors Arabia bantamweight champion while Jieleyisi
comes in to make his promotional debut after narrowly missing out on the
UFC.
Elsewhere on the card, Egypt’s Eslam Syaha (14-2) faces Sweden’s
Robin ‘Pretty Boy’ Roos (6-3) in an exciting middleweight clash,
Uzbekistan’s Furkatbek Yokubov (8-3) welcomes RIZIN & DEEP veteran
Yamato Fujita (9-4) in to make his UAE Warriors debut, and the ‘Karate
Kid’ Joevincent So (10-4) goes head-to-head with the popular Welshman
Aaron Aby (14-7).
At UAE Warriors 43: Arabia we will see a Champion vs. Champion winner
takes all bout between UAE Warriors Arabia welterweight champ Badreddine
Diani (6-2) and UAE Warriors Africa champ Wisem Hammami (7-1).
Both titles are on the line in this thrilling co-main event clash, being
also a rematch of the 2022 contest which saw Hammami walk away the
victory. Since then, Diani has won two straight including a successful
defence of his Arabia title in his most recent outing against Abdullah
Boushehri, while Hammami is returning from a thirteen-month layoff.
More bouts will be confirmed in the coming days.
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