PFL MENA 1 (2025)

PFL MENA 1
PFL MENA 1
	The poster for PFL MENA 1
Promotion	Professional Fighters League
Date	May 9, 2025
Venue	Onyx Arena
City	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Event chronology

PFL MENA 1: 2025 First Round was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on May 9, 2025, at Onyx Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.^[1]^[2]

Background

The event marked the promotion's first visit to Jeddah. This event partnered with Jeddah Season to elevated the sport of MMA in the Middle East.^[3]

This event featured the quarterfinals of the 2025 PFL MENA Tournament in a lightweight and featherweight divisions.^[4]

Main card (DAZN / StarzPlay)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Mohsen Mohammadseifi	def.	Ahmed El Sisy	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00	^[a]
Lightweight	Salah Eddine Hamli	def.	Abbas Khan	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2:05	^[b]
Featherweight	Taha Bendaoud	def.	Drissi Boualem	Submission (triangle choke)	1	2:07	^[c]
Flyweight	Malik Basahel	def.	Mountasser Boutouta	TKO (elbows and punches)	2	2:32
Featherweight	Assem Ghanem	def.	Hussien Salem	Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26)	3	5:00	^[d]
Featherweight	Islam Reda	def.	Akram Nasri	TKO (punches)	3	4:33	^[e]
Preliminary card (DAZN / StarzPlay)
Lightweight	Mohammad Fahmi	def.	Georges Eid	Submission (brabo choke)	1	3:13	^[f]
Lightweight	Ahmed Makki	def.	Hasham Elnamer	Submission (heel hook)	3	2:02
Lightweight	Souhil Taïri	def.	Abdullah Saleem	TKO (knee and punches)	2	3:21	^[g]
Women's Featherweight	Eman Almudhaf	def.	Shamara Braga	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Amateur bouts
Catchweight (166 lb)	Abdulaziz bin Moammar	def.	Fares Hamdani	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	3:00

↑ Abdullah Al-Qahtani withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Akram Nasri.
↑ Abdelrahman Alhyasat withdrew due to weight cut issues and was replaced by Drissi Boualem.
↑ Al Derbani pulled out of the bout due to medical issues and Ghemmouri therefore got a bye to the semi-finals