PFL MENA Finals to be part of Khobar Season

Khobar Season 2025 is organized by the Shargiya Development Authority in collaboration with Ithra and the Saudi Tourism Authority. (PFL MENA)
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Updated 20 November 2025
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PFL MENA Finals to be part of Khobar Season

  • Event on Dec. 5 will feature the best fighters in bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight and welterweight divisions competing for championship gold

AL-KHOBAR: The Professional Fighters League has confirmed that the PFL MENA Finals: All or Nothing on Dec. 5 will be part of Khobar Season 2025.

Khobar Season 2025 is organized by the Shargiya Development Authority in collaboration with Ithra and the Saudi Tourism Authority.

The final event of this year’s PFL MENA season will take place at Dhahran Expo in Al-Khobar, and will feature championship bouts in the bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight and welterweight divisions. The card will also showcase the best fighters from the Middle East, representing countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain.

“Khobar is the perfect location for our finals,” said PFL MENA general manager, Jerome Mazet. “It sits at the crossroads of the GCC, with Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE and Riyadh all just a few hours away, making it the ideal setting for our season finale. Having the PFL MENA Finals as part of Khobar Season allows us to create a truly memorable experience for fans while continuing to grow the sport of mixed martial arts across the region.”

Headlining the PFL MENA Finals will be Kuwait’s Mohammad Alaqraa (9-1), taking on Morocco’s Badreddine “Dreamchaser” Diani (10-3) for the PFL MENA welterweight championship. In the co-main event, Salah Eddine “Supersalah” Hamli (10-0) of Morocco takes on fellow undefeated Mohammad “Soulkeeper” Fahmi (6-0) of Iraq for the PFL MENA lightweight championship. 

Also on the card, Saudi Arabia’s Hattan Alsaif (pro debut) will make her long-awaited professional debut when she goes head-to-head with Egypt’s Haidy Ahmed (2-1).


Mancini’s Al-Sadd advance in Asian Champions League despite defeat

Updated 17 February 2026
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Mancini’s Al-Sadd advance in Asian Champions League despite defeat

  • Al-Sadd will take on table-toppers Al-Hilal over two legs in early March in the ⁠next round
  • “Today was a very difficult game,” said Al-Sadd goal scorer Rafa Mujica

DOHA: Roberto Mancini’s Al-Sadd suffered a 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Saudi Pro League champions Al-Ittihad in the Asian Champions League Elite in Doha on Tuesday but the Qatari club still scraped through to the last 16 of the continental championship.
A 2-0 loss for Al-Sadd’s compatriots Al-Gharafa against Iranian outfit Tractor FC meant Mancini’s side clung on to eighth place in the western league phase standings to claim a spot in the knockout rounds.


Al-Sadd will take on table-toppers Al-Hilal over two legs in early March in the ⁠next round while ⁠Al-Ittihad, who finished fourth in the standings, face off against Al-Wahda from the United Arab Emirates.
Defending champions Al-Ahli, also from Saudi Arabia, will play Al-Duhail from Qatar with Tractor meeting UAE’s Shabab Al-Ahli.
“Today was a very difficult game,” said Al-Sadd goal scorer Rafa Mujica. “The first 20, ⁠25 minutes were very bad for us. We conceded everything.
“But we only have to think about the next game. We are qualified. We will see in the next game.”
Mancini’s team needed to match or better the result recorded by Al-Gharafa but went two goals behind inside the opening 18 minutes when Houssem Aouar and Youssef En-Nesyri struck for the visitors.
A Pedro Miguel own goal in the 33rd minute compounded Al-Sadd’s problems although Mujica gave Al-Sadd a ⁠glimmer of ⁠hope seven minutes before the interval.
Stephan Keller restored Al-Ittihad’s three-goal cushion when he scored with a close range finish in the 63rd minute as the Saudi side notched up their second comfortable win in a row.
Al-Gharafa’s hopes were erased, however, when their Iranian visitors scored twice in the final 30 minutes to knock Pedro Martins’ team out of the competition.
Mehdi Hashemnejad netted after the Al-Gharafa defense failed to clear in the 61st minute and Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh’s deflected effort into the top corner put the result beyond doubt with nine minutes remaining.