Background
The event marked the promotion's first championships season held outside the United States.[2]
The event featured the finals of 2024 PFL Tournament season in a six weight-class divisions.[3]
At the preliminary card took place the four finals of 2024 PFL MENA Tournament.[4] Islam Reda pulled out of the featherweight final against Abdalrahman Alhyasat due to injury and was replaced by Abdullah Al-Qahtani.[5] In turn, Alhyasat withdrew due to a "urgent health problem" and was replaced by Maraoune Bellagouit.[6]
At the weigh-ins, Lilia Osmani came in at 108.3 lb, 2.3 pounds over the atomweight limit and she was fined a percentage that went to Hattan Alsaif.[6] 2023 PFL featherweight winner Jesus Pinedo reportedly came in 6 pounds heavy for his featherweight against Jeremy Kennedy.[7] As a result, Pinedo pulled out and was replaced by Gabriel Alves Braga on a day's notice.[8]
Results
| Main card - 2024 PFL World Championship (ESPN+) |
| Weight class |
|
|
|
Method |
Round |
Time |
Notes |
| Featherweight |
Timur Khizriev |
def. |
Brendan Loughnane |
Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 49–46) |
5 |
5:00 |
[a]
|
| Women's Flyweight |
Dakota Ditcheva |
def. |
Taila Santos |
TKO (punches to the body) |
2 |
4:41 |
[b]
|
| Light Heavyweight |
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov |
def. |
Impa Kasanganay |
KO (punches) |
1 |
0:58 |
[c]
|
| Welterweight |
Shamil Musaev |
def. |
Magomed Umalatov |
TKO (punches) |
3 |
1:44 |
[d]
|
| Lightweight |
Gadzhi Rabadanov |
def. |
Brent Primus |
KO (punches) |
3 |
2:31 |
[e]
|
| Heavyweight |
Denis Goltsov |
def. |
Oleg Popov |
Technical Submission (triangle choke) |
1 |
2:55 |
[f]
|
| Preliminary card - 2024 PFL MENA Championship (ESPN+) |
| Featherweight |
Abdullah Al-Qahtani |
def. |
Maraoune Bellagouit |
KO (punches) |
1 |
3:21 |
[g]
|
| Welterweight |
Omar El Dafrawy |
def. |
Mohammad Alaqraa |
TKO (punches) |
2 |
0:57 |
[h]
|
| Women's Atomweight |
Hattan Alsaif |
def. |
Lilya Osmani |
TKO (knees to the body) |
2 |
1:37 |
[i]
|
| Bantamweight |
Ali Taleb |
def. |
Rachid El Hazoume |
KO (punch) |
1 |
1:25 |
[j]
|
| Lightweight |
Mohsen Mohammadseifi |
def. |
Georges Eid |
Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) |
5 |
5:00 |
[k]
|
| Early preliminary card (ESPN+) |
| Lightweight |
Mansour Barnaoui |
def. |
Alfie Davis |
Submission (rear-naked choke) |
3 |
3:41 |
|
| Heavyweight |
Slim Trabelsi |
def. |
Abraham Bably |
Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |
3 |
5:00 |
|
| Featherweight |
Gabriel Alves Braga |
def. |
Jeremy Kennedy |
Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |
3 |
5:00 |
|
| Featherweight |
Asaël Adjoudj |
def. |
Jose Perez |
Submission (guillotine choke) |
3 |
1:10 |
|
| Welterweight |
Costello van Steenis |
def. |
João Vitor Dantas |
KO (head kick) |
1 |
0:48 |
|
[9][10]
Playoff brackets
2024 PFL Heavyweight playoffs
2024 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs
2024 PFL Welterweight playoffs
- ↑ Umalatov was originally scheduled to face #3 ranked Don Madge, but he forced to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by #7 ranked Neiman Gracie.[12]
2024 PFL Lightweight playoffs
2024 PFL Featherweight playoffs
2024 PFL Women's Flyweight playoffs
Legend
| (SD) |
|
(Split Decision) |
| (UD) |
|
(Unanimous Decision) |
| (MD) |
|
(Majority Decision) |
| SUB |
|
Submission |
| (T)KO |
|
(Technical) Knock Out |
| L |
|
Loss |
PFL MENA brackets
Welterweight
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
|  Omar El-Dafrawy | UD |
| |
|  Anthony Zeidan | 3
| |
| Omar El-Dafrawy | KO |
| |
| |  Jarrah Al-Silawi | 1
| |
| Jarrah Al-Silawi | SUB |
| | |
|  Rayan Atmani | 1
| |
| Omar El-Dafrawy | TKO |
| |
| |  Mohammad Alaqraa | 2
|
|  Amir Fazli | 3 |
| | |
|  Badreddine Diani | UD
| |
| Amir Fazli [a] | 3 |
| |
| | Mohammad Alaqraa | UD
| |
| Mohammad Alaqraa | TKO |
| |
|  Youcef Ouabbas | 3
| |
|
- ↑ Alaqraa was originally scheduled to face Badreddine Diani, but he forced to withdraw due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Amir Fazli.
Lightweight
- ↑ Originally a submission (triangle choke) win for Saleem; overturned after he failed an in-competition drug test, Reguigui advanced to semifinal.
Featherweight
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
| Yazeed Hasanain | 2 |
| |
|  Abdullah Al-Qahtani | TKO
| |
| Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 3 |
| |
| | Abdalrahman Alhyasat | UD
| |
| Abdalrahman Alhyasat | UD |
| | |
| Ahmed Tarek | 3
| |
| Abdullah Al-Qahtani[a] | TKO |
| |
| | Maraoune Bellagouit[b] | 1
|
| Mido Mohamed | 3 |
| | |
| Maraoune Bellagouit | TKO
| |
| Maraoune Bellagouit | 3 |
| |
| | Islam Reda | UD
| |
| Islam Reda | UD |
| |
| Adam Meskini | 3
| |
|
- ↑ Islam Reda pulled out with injury and was replaced by Al-Qahtani.
- ↑ Abdalrahman Alhyasat withdrew due to "urgent health problem" and was replaced by Maraoune Bellagouit.
Bantamweight
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|
| Jalal Al Daaja[a] | DRAW |
| |
| Tariq Ismail | 3
| |
| Jalal Al Daaja | 1 |
| |
| |  Ali Taleb | KO
| |
| Nawras Abzakh | 3 |
| | |
| Ali Taleb | UD
| |
| Ali Taleb | KO |
| |
| | Rachid El Hazoume | 1
|
| Xavier Alaoui | 2 |
| | |
| Rachid El Hazoume | SUB
| |
| Rachid El Hazoume | UD |
| |
| | Elias Boudegzdame | 3
| |
| Elias Boudegzdame | SUB |
| |
| Hassan Mandour | 2r.
| |
|
- ↑ Officially a unanimous decision win for Ismail, Al Daaja advanced to the semifinal due to Ismail missed weight.
References
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WSOF events
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PFL events
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- Upcoming events are in italics
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Denis Goltsov
Timothy Johnson
Linton Vassell[a]
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov
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Rob Wilkinson
Neiman Gracie[a]
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Michael Dufort
Abbas Khan 
Omar Reguigui