PFL MENA 2 (2025)
| PFL MENA 2 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL MENA 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | July 4, 2025 | |||
| Venue | The Green Halls | |||
| City | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PFL MENA 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on July 4, 2025, at The Green Halls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[1][2]
Background
[edit]The event marked the promotion's second held at The Green Halls and seventh visit to Riyadh, since PFL 10 (2024) in November 2024.[3]
A welterweight bout between 2024 PFL MENA welterweight winner Omar El Dafrawy and Daniele Miceli headlined the event.[4]
The event also featured the quarterfinals of 2025 PFL MENA Tournament in a welterweight and bantamweight divisions.[5]
At the weigh-ins, Mehdi Saadi withdrew from the event due to significantly missing weight. Saadi's opponent Benyamin Ghahraman faced alternate Islam Youssef, but Youssef came in at 137.3 pounds, 1.3 pounds over the bantamweight limit and he was fined a percentage of his purse, which went to Ghahraman. In addition, the amateur bout between Abdulaziz bin Moammar and Hassan Ahmed Moustafa was removed from the event after Moustafa wasn't medically cleared to complete.[6]
Results
[edit]| Main card (DAZN / StarzPlay) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Omar El Dafrawy | def. | Daniele Miceli | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 1:15 | |
| Welterweight | Mohammad Alaqraa | def. | Omar Hussein | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Women's Atomweight | Hattan Alsaif | def. | Nour Al Fliti | TKO (leg injury) | 2 | 2:24 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Mohamed Zarey | def. | Ayman Galal | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Xavier Alaoui | def. | Ziad Ayman Mokhtar | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Bantamweight | Moktar Benkaci | def. | Marcel Adur | TKO (submission to punches) | 1 | 0:57 | [e] |
| Preliminary card (DAZN / StarzPlay) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Badreddine Diani | def. | Ahmad Abdelbast Darwish | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [f] |
| Welterweight | Amir Fazli | def. | Rostem Akman | KO (punch) | 2 | 1:34 | [g] |
| Bantamweight | Nawras Abzakh | def. | Ali Yazbeck | KO (knee and punches) | 2 | 0:50 | [h] |
| Bantamweight | Islam Youssef | def. | Benyamin Ghahraman | KO (flying head kick) | 2 | 3:55 | [i] |
| Lightweight | Abdelrahman Alhyasat | def. | Anthony Zeidan | Technical Submission (face crank) | 2 | 2:51 | |
- ^ 2025 PFL MENA Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ Amateur bout.
- ^ 2025 PFL MENA Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL MENA Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL MENA Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL MENA Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL MENA Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL MENA Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ^ 2025 PFL MENA Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal; Youssef missed weight (137.3 lb).
Tournament brackets
[edit]2025 PFL MENA Welterweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Omar Hussein | 3 | |||||||||
 Mohammad Alaqraa | UD | |||||||||
| Mohammad Alaqraa | ||||||||||
 Mohamed Zarey | ||||||||||
| Mohamed Zarey | UD | |||||||||
 Ayman Galal | 3 | |||||||||
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 Badreddine Diani | UD | |||||||||
| Ahmad Abdelbast Darwish | 3 | |||||||||
| Badreddine Diani | ||||||||||
 Amir Fazli | ||||||||||
 Rostem Akman | 2 | |||||||||
| Amir Fazli | KO | |||||||||
2025 PFL MENA Bantamweight Tournament
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Xavier Alaoui | UD | |||||||||
| Ziad Ayman Mokhtar | 3 | |||||||||
| Xavier Alaoui | ||||||||||
| Islam Youssef | ||||||||||
| Benyamin Ghahraman[a] | 2 | |||||||||
| Islam Youssef[b] | KO | |||||||||
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 Moktar Benkaci | TKO | |||||||||
 Marcel Adur | 1 | |||||||||
| Moktar Benkaci | ||||||||||
 Nawras Abzakh | ||||||||||
| Nawras Abzakh | KO | |||||||||
| Ali Yazbeck | 2 | |||||||||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Full Fight Card Revealed For 2025 PFL MENA 2 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia". Professional Fighters League. 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ "PFL MENA 2 Fight Card Revealed: El Dafrawy vs. Miceli Headlines July 4 Event in Saudi Arabia". FightBook MMA. 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ "Hattan Alsaif returns for 2025 PFL MENA 2 in Riyadh". Arab News. 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ "PFL MENA 2 fight card revealed for July 4 showdown in Saudi Arabia". Sports Bytes Philippines. 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Full Card Announced for PFL MENA 2 in Saudi Arabia". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL MENA 2 Weigh-in Results: 1 Fight Scrapped". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "2025 PFL MENA 2: First Round". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved 2025-06-11.