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Hussein is a superb submission fighter, turning pro in 2016 after a truly sensational undefeated amateur career in which he became both the IMMAF World and European Champ. His only losses have been to the Honey Badger and Muhammad Mokaev, the latter with whom he took the distance, but in UAE Warriors he remains undefeated. Taking a first-round tap from Mahmoud Abd El Raouf on debut, and following that up with a second-round TKO of Samota two months later, his most recent victory with us was in Al Ain with a second-round bulldog choke against Eduardo Mora.
Now for his fourth fight in Warriors he shares the main event with fellow grappler, Team Evolution’s Yahia, who in his Warriors debut in ‘22 also lost to Abzakh. An Algerian fighting out of Marseille he is undefeated since that loss and continues to display a massive repertoire of chokes and joint locks but also is an absolute handful on the feet with power hook/body kick combos. Highly experienced with nine years in professional MMA, he has lost just one fight out of his past nine and will be happy to engage Hussein in all axes. Superb main event to finish a quality fight card.
Masraf is a highly-touted Toulouse-based Algerian training out of Classic Fighting Center. The southpaw went viral last year with a stunning 10-second headkick knockout of Mickael Groguhe in PFL who he faced on short notice, that finish and others in Ares and Dynamite earned him a DWCS spot late last year in which he was handed his first loss. This is his first fight back since then, with the firm intention to remain on the hunt for a UFC contract.
Bandu is back after his close decision loss to Laallam last year, one of only two who Khaled couldn’t finish. In fact, ‘Pangaman’ (Panga being an African machete) has never once been finished but has a couple of top-notch first round KO’s, preferring to scramble away from the grappling exchanges to stay on his feet. This is despite the well-regarding grappling program at CIT in Pretoria, where he is perhaps better known as Dricus du Plessis’s main training partners. Alternating wins and losses the past few years, he needs to find some consistency and rhythm to live up to his teammate’s reputation, which is something that his abilities can definitely provide. These are two powerful strikers who prefer to keep it standing and look for the early stoppage.
Bousheiri is coming-off a very fortunate judge’s decision against OJ Mandt Johnsen last October, but he got an important win which was his 17th pro fight without being submitted. It was important in that he continues to build confidence after his knockout loss to (now PFL Champ) Omar El Dafrawy at UAE Warriors 47 and coming-up short in his title fight against Badreddine Diani the year before. With six victories in our Octagon and taking four first-round taps, he’s still determined to beat a path back to the welterweight gold and despite his wrestling prowess, actually wins most of his bouts with his kickboxing.
Kanyeba is very similar in that regard, having had his first EFC fight in 2013, turning pro just three years before Bousheiri. He took 13 wins in the promotion, only three of which were decisions and is regarded as a veteran vanguard member of fighters from the DRC competing in South Africa in the nascent years of MMA on the continent. Despite his slippery wrestling and fast scrambles, he’s a superb boxer who has claimed the consciousnesses of a plethora of quality fighters and has also faced a lot of specialist wrestlers whose submissions he successfully evaded and beat. With a long and storied career, having trained with pretty much every camp that ever existed in Johannesburg, he is incredibly resilient and sneaky but has not fought in three years despite staying active in many other athletes’ fight camps. Crazy fight.
In a clash between two undefeated talents, Fazil’s Qaradax Panthers team in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq have been struggling to find bouts for him whilst asserting correctly that he’s the significant underdog going into this fight against Bulaid. Having only turned professional in 2023 whilst his opponents kickboxing career started nine years prior, ‘The Captain’ has finished all of his bouts on the canvas with heavy-hipped top control and ground and pound.
Bulaid’s undefeated MMA streak includes three bouts in Bellator and one in Brave which consist of several first-round stoppages, courtesy of his outstanding Dutch-style kickboxing, a skillset which garnered him another first-round finish by knees at his UAE Warriors debut in ‘23. It was at that event where he stole the show at the fight-week press conference, exuding attitude and being hot on the mic in the style of a brash and confident prizefighter which the press loved. All of his finishes have been knockouts, none have been submissions. A massive talent against a young debutante with the heart of a lion and the pride of a nation behind him.
Lallam was only 17 when he became the IMMAF world champion, but his form has only got better into his pro career as he emerges as one of the hottest talents in European MMA. Based at Concrete BJJ in Tyresö, he has as many wins by KO as he does by submission, a stat that has been born out in the Warriors Octagon with three first-round finishes and a decision against Diego Bandu where he came out guns blazing. A tall, athletic middleweight he’s great in the clinch, devastating from distance, lethal off his back, suffocating in top control and brutal in-guard.
But his opponent from Mpumalanga has been a revelation since moving down to middleweight last year despite dropping a very unlucky decision against Nsua, his wins over Willem Smith, Andile Madlala and Chris Matukane were all action. But his very recent win two months ago over the Brave veteran Mzwandile Hlongwa with devastating first-round elbows really displayed his calibre and that he’s truly hitting his straps. With knockout power in both fists, a titanium chin, and the Dominators Den-patented greco-roman style grappling, he gets better with every outing and provides a worthy challenge to the talented Laalam. Cracking fight.
At the tender age of 19 and fighting out of the CFL team based in Sulaymaniyah, Saleh is an undefeated Kurdistani wrestler from Diyana in Iraq whose five victories were finishes in the first, two of which were here. Brendan Lesar was a big test at the beginning of the year and one which he passed with flying colours thanks to a strong chin and a good sprawl, the latter often platforming his submission offence which forms the majority of his victories. However, he outstruck the Casablancan kickboxer Aymane Benhayoune at UAEW 52 in his Warriors debut to show a developing confidence in his hands.
Eldeeb is coming off a first-round head-kick KO in Evo, the same promotion in which he debuted unsuccessfully before finding his form in smaller fight nights, but little information other than that. MORE INFO TO BE ADDED IN FIGHT WEEK
A veteran kickboxer who hasn’t been submitted in 21 fights, though has taken two taps of his own, has a chequered record thanks to his willingness to engage with a rather open stance when throwing his wide variety of kicks. Trains at UFA Ultimate Fight Academy in Giza and turned pro twelve years ago with eight first-round finishes, the most recent being late last year.
Mulumba is one of Yadad Moser’s pupils, a coach who founded the Elite Training Centre in Lubumbashi and who unearths a lot of talent in West and Central Africa. Mulumba is undefeated in Kamaru Usman’s Nigerian promotion AKO, and all of his 8 professional wins have been a variety of finishes that indicated a very broad skillset. This is his first fight outside his home continent and a great opportunity for the 26-year old.
Ali’s brother really turned his form around with his recent first-round finish of Mukyeda at 53, following a tough debut loss by decision where his brothers shadow seemed to weigh heavily upon him despite a promising amateur career of 5-1. Has a few Sanda titles as well as a Jordanian national BJJ title, thanks to the tutelage of 6th degree black belt, Samy Aljamal at Mat 05 in Amman.
Mukiibi is a powerful lightweight with even more of a point to prove, now sliding a three-fight losing skid which includes his first-round loss to Khaled Laallams arm-triangle last year and two decision losses in West Africa. His ground game is still a work in progress but his brawling style is fan-friendly and he hits like a truck with a mean and serious demeanour that works well on camera. A classic grappler versus striker matchup.
A very highly-anticipated debut for 21-year old Fares, born in Ireland to Egyptian parents after a stellar amateur career in which he found success at a young age. An ultrarunner who ran 200 km from Cork to Galway to raise money for the Cancer Society when he was just 17, he began MMA at SBG when he was 12 and has stayed there ever since.
Won the IMMAF European title last year which joins his several national amateur belts and is finally turning pro after 24 fights at a very young age. Huge talent. Aforementioned Bendari trains out of the UFC Gym in Casablanca with the Rebels team and made his pro debut with Evo Championship late last year taking a split decision. MORE INFO TO BE ADDED IN FIGHT WEEK
Farah is a combat coach in the Lebanese army and is the five-time national boxing champion training under Wissam Abi Nader at Tristar Gym Lebanon but it is Moe Fakhreddine who has mentored and guided his career to date. Still needs to improve his bottom game as struggles to escape positions but has a fiery attitude and as you’d expect has speed and timing in his fists.
Eltahawy recently won the middleweight belt in Egypt’s Evo Championship though usually competes at welter and hasn’t been finished in all of his 6 pro bouts. MORE INFO TO BE ADDED IN FIGHT WEEK
GB Top Team’s, Lisa Zimmo had a tough time on debut against the kickboxing of Rewan Yasser last year, until she completed a takedown in the third round and rained down the elbows to force the referee’s stoppage. She was much improved a few months later when she faced another Egyptian kickboxer to get the stoppage again. Brad Pickett’s IMMAF World Champ from ‘23 is certainly the media’s favourite when she works the mic during fight week, but tougher opposition will tell us where she really is at.
Morocco’s Chaymae Boudik makes her promotional debut as does her Rebels teammate on this card, Hafid Bendari, with both training under Badr Diani’s coach, Abdelali Aityachou. Boudik, made her debut in a small egyptian promotion last year where her opponent retired in the first round, and apart from that there is scant information on her. MORE INFO TO BE ADDED IN FIGHT WEEK
Still searching for his first Warriors win at the third time of asking, Mahmoud is an Egyptian kickboxer always hunting for the sub even if his grappling defence has let him down in the past; his last two wins were first round submissions as were his last two defeats. He’s the brother of UAEW vet and PFL athlete, Mido Mohamed and trains here in the UAE at Triple-3 MMA and is very experienced, having fought throughout the peninsula in Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt and of course in Dubai.
He is similar to his opponent in that he can alternate submissions wins and losses, Lewis ‘Porcupine’ Mataya lost his debut with us to Slimen Hassaini’s heel-hook but took the tap, also in the first, from a kimura in AKO in Lagos just two months ago. An infectious personality hailing from the Chimanimani Mountains near the Mozambican border, this two-time IMMAF Africa Champion is a second-dan Taekwondo black belt who also has multiple BJJ accolades. Great opening bout.
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