SME-Coverage/Samir Boussad
The organizing committee for the second series of bouts of the first season of the Professional Fighters League (PFL) Championship for the Middle East and North Africa region held a press conference today at the Sheraton Khalidiya Hotel in Riyadh, during which the participants spoke about their latest preparations for the tournament scheduled to start in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, next Friday, and responded to questions… Media questions.
The Saudi fighter, Mustafa Nada, said: I am extremely prepared to participate in the tournament. I went through a training camp at the Fighter Club in Riyadh, under the supervision of professional trainers, and for the first time I am playing among my Saudi fans on the territory of the Kingdom, and this increases my enthusiasm for the fight.
Nada added: I studied my Algerian opponent, Abdel Rahman, well. He is strong in wrestling, and defeated many of his opponents by knockout, but I will be able to defeat him, because I know his style after I watched all his fights.
Nada pointed out that his fight with Al-Darai will be different and friendly, and he will try not to rush, and stick to the plan set to ensure victory over him and move forward in the tournament.
Saudi fighter Hattan Al-Saif explained that the reaction of the Saudi fans to her victory in the first fight in the same competition on the tenth of last May, and her victory over her Egyptian competitor Nada Fahim by knockout, made her very happy and served as an incentive for her, indicating that her preparations for the tournament were complete and ideal, and her victory in the previous fight. It will not put pressure on her, as she is confident in her ability to win against Egyptian Iman Baraka.
Al-Saif said: Combat sports are not exclusive to men, as they are for both sexes. She explained that her fiancé, the fighter Abdullah Al-Qahtani, supports her and helps her develop her level, and that her recent victory in the first series of the tournament motivated her to do the best.
Egyptian fighter Iman Baraka acknowledged the strength of her rival, Hattan Al-Saif, and that their fight will be competitive, attract the audience, arouse their enthusiasm, and bring them joy, noting that the pressure in the confrontation will not be on her, but on the Saudi fighter because she wants to maintain her victories.
Moroccan Badr Al-Din Diani pointed out that he made a great effort in this sport, and worked hard for the tournament, which he sees as an exam for which he prepared well in his country in various martial arts throughout the year, calling on his Iranian competitor, Amir Fadhli, to play hard, because he will face him with a ferocity that he will not expect, and he will achieve victory. on him.
The Lebanese Josh Togo, who faces the Iranian Mohsen Saifi, said that he spent a long period of his life playing mixed martial arts, and that he will fight to obtain the title with everything he can, as his motto is victory and nothing else.
Emirati fighter Hadi Al-Husseini admitted that he was not a sports person, and that sport was the one that chose him and saved his life by changing it for the better, and that its world has now become his dream, noting that he prepared for the tournament through a training camp in Egypt.
Al-Husseini considered that mixed martial arts is one of the most popular types of sports in the Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Bahrain, and it is also the fastest growing in the Middle East and the world in general.
It is worth noting that 24 light and middleweight fighters, representing 11 countries, will participate in the second round of the fights of the first season of the Professional Fighters League (PFL) Championship for the Middle East and North Africa region, which is hosted by the Green Halls in Riyadh. They will compete to win in the matches of the innovative playoff elimination system. In an event that is the largest for fighters at the international and
global levels.
