Abu Dhabi (Etihad)
The attention of fans of the Emirates Warriors Championship for mixed martial arts, on Friday and Saturday, is directed to the Etihad Arena on Yas Island in the capital, Abu Dhabi, to follow the African versions No. 32 and International No. 33, organized by Palms Sports Company, and the front of the global version is the fight between Jordan Ali Al-Qaisi and Canadian Jesse Arnett.
The challenges begin Friday with the African version, which witnesses 13 strong fights between the champions of the continent, with the participation of 26 fighters from 13 countries, and the main fight for the championship title brings together Kevin Omar from Comoros, who has 8 victories and 3 defeats in his career with Angolan Emilio Kiswa with 3 victories and no loss in Heavyweight, as well as a strong fight between Moroccan Badreddine Diani and Angolan Chido Sabranca, and a women’s fight between Moroccan Asmaa Aboundar and Algerian Nora Cornol.
The international edition scheduled for Saturday will witness 13 fights with the participation of 26 male and female fighters from 17 countries, and the main fight in the tournament attracts attention in a repeated confrontation between the Jordanian Ali Al-Qaisi and the Canadian Jesse Arnett, who is defending his featherweight title, which he obtained in the last edition due to the injury of the Jordanian champion, The second main fight brings together Lebanese Josh Tajo and Taher Abdel Latif from Azerbaijan in the middleweight, and he meets in the Filipino women’s fight Colin Brown and Turkish Ioshen in the featherweight.
For his part, Fouad Darwish, Chairman of the Tournament Organizing Committee and CEO of Palms Sports, confirmed during a press conference that all arrangements for the African and international versions of the Emirates Warriors, the fastest growing championship in the world and the most popular in the region, have been completed thanks to the support of the wise leadership in the country for sports and the support of strategic partners. in several different fields.
Darwish said: “The organizing committee seeks to present the new in each edition, and we are pleased to present the largest rematch in the history of the tournament for the featherweight title for the international version between the Jordanian Ali Al-Qaisi and the Canadian Jesse Arne. There is no doubt that all our fans and fans of the tournament are fully aware that these two opponents They were destined to meet once more immediately following the end of the previous meeting to settle that rivalry and decide the first fighter to hold the featherweight title. The joint main fight in the same version also witnesses another crowning of a new champion in the middleweight during the fight between the Lebanese Josh and the Azerbaijani Taher.
He thanked the success partners of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Abu Dhabi Media, Abu Dhabi Sports Channels and the UFC Fight Pass platform, which contributed to the delivery of the UAE fighters’ activities in its various versions to more than 160 countries worldwide, and Fouad Darwish invited the audience to attend both versions. With the application of the green traffic system through the Al-Hosn application.
For his part, the Jordanian Ali Al-Qaisi confirmed his aspiration to regain the title of the international championship and his readiness and enthusiasm to confront the Canadian Jesse and promise to obtain the championship belt. He also called on the Jordanian and Arab public and all lovers of mixed martial arts to attend the fight in Al Ittihad Arena.
In turn, the Canadian Jesse described the fight as the largest in the history of the Middle East and on a global platform in the world of martial arts, and revealed that he had set up a special camp to prepare for the big fight and that he would do his best to retain the title, and called on the audience to listen to the strong confrontation.
