UAE Warriors 45 and UFC 294
Abu Dhabi Showdown Week this October
Abu Dhabi: The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) recently announced the return of Abu Dhabi Showdown Week for October 2023, with a packed schedule of city-wide events and activations, headlined by UFC 294 on October 21, featuring highly anticipated world title bouts.
Now UAE Warriors 45 has been added to the schedule of Abu Dhabi Showdown Week and will take place on Friday, October 20. The region’s leading MMA promotion will host an international showcase event featuring some of the most exciting fighters from around the world.
In recent years, UAE Warriors has become a hotbed for talent to come and prove themselves on the international stage and, as a result, the promotion has become a major platform for athletes globally looking to advance their careers.
Thanks to the addition of UAE Warriors Arabia in 2021 and UAE Warriors Africa in 2022, where athletes of Arab & African heritage are offered an exclusive stage to compete, the promotion has furthered itself in being instrumental in the growth of fighter’s careers.
Manon Fiorot, Andre Fialho, Dennis Buzukja, Nora Cornolle, Rinat Fakhretdinov, and Carlston Harris are among a host of recent UAE Warriors fighters to get calls up to the UFC and in 2021 the promotion featured on an episode of ‘Dana White’s Lookin’ for a Fight’ show during which the latter two were signed.
UAE Warriors 45 will be broadcast live globally on UFC FIGHT PASS and an exciting venue will be announced in the coming days.
Please stay tuned for fight card announcements for UAE Warriors 45.
Upcoming UAE Warriors events:
- UAE Warriors 43: Arabia – August 25, Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi
- UAE Warriors 44 – August 26, Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi
- UAE Warriors 45 – October 20, TBC, Abu Dhabi
UAE Warriors 43: Arabia
Champion vs. Champion | Winner Takes All
Abu Dhabi: UAE Warriors 43: Arabia will take place Friday, August 25, live from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and will once again be a showcase event for fighters of Arabian heritage.
A special main event will feature a winner takes all champion vs. champion match-up between UAE Warriors Arabia welterweight champ Badreddine Diani (6-2, Morocco) and UAE Warriors Africa welterweight champ Wisem Hammami (7-1, Tunisia).
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.
In the co-main event, Kuwait’s Abdullah Boushehri (9-4) will face Egypt’s Adham ‘The Warrior’ Mohamed (6-1) in a welterweight clash. A popular fighter in the region, Boushehri is known for his exciting finishes and owns an incredible eight first round stoppages.
He was last seen in action losing a close split decision to Diani for the welterweight title and will be aiming to put himself back into title contention with a win over the in-form Adham Mohamed. However, the Egyptian is coming in to make an immediate name for himself in what will be his UAE Warriors debut.
Also confirmed, the Brad Pickett trained Eman Almudhaf (2-0) will face Haiat Farag Youssef (1-1) in a women’s featherweight contest, Mahmoud Abd El Raouf (4-0) & Wasem Anwar (3-0) put their undefeated records on the line, KO artist Abdi Farah (4-3) collides with Maraoune Bellagouit (2-0), and the UAE’s Mohamed Al Katheeri (1-1) goes against Shehab Noaman (2-1) of Egypt.
In total, over a dozen Arab nations will be represented on the card. Please stay tuned for full fight card announcements.
UAE Warriors 43: Arabia will be part of another landmark weekend of international MMA action as UAE Warriors 44 will take place the night after on Saturday, August 26 and will feature a host of top stars from around the world.
Russia’s Amru Magomedov (6-0) and Brazilian UFC veteran Alex da Silva (22-5) go head-to-head for the vacant UAE Warriors lightweight title in the main event while former bantamweight champ Xavier Alaoui (14-4) meets China’s Baergeng Jieleyisi (14-5) in the co-main event.
Both events will be available to watch live around the world on UFC FIGHT PASS and on ABU DHABI FIGHT in the UAE.
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