Do Gyeom Lee will be defending his featherweight belt at UAE Warriors 24. The Korean is taking on Ali Al Qaisi at the Jiu Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi on Friday night.
Lee (8-3) won the title in 2019 but has only defended it once. The former URCC 145lbs champion has won both his UAE Warriors fights by first round stoppage.
Al Qaisi (10-5) had an unsuccessful stint with the UFC. But the Jordanian is the newly crowned Titan FC featherweight champion and will be looking to add the UAE Warriors strap to his collection.
In the bantamweight division Xavier Alaoui (12-4) replaces Soo Young Yoo. He has been matched with Sarvadzhon Khamidov (11-0).
As previously announced Ray Borg has Covid-19 and won’t be fighting at UAE Warriors 24. The UFC veteran had been booked to challenge bantamweight champion Vinicius de Oliveira.
Replacing Borg is Sylvester Chipfumbu. The newly crowned EFC bantamweight champion will be making his UAE Warriors debut.
In the lightweight division John Mitchell has been matched with Konstantinos Ntelis . The event is set for the Jiu Jitsu Arena with UAE Warriors 23 taking place in the same venue the night before.
UAE Warriors 24, Abu Dhabi, October 29th
Vinicius de Oliveira (c) vs. Sylvester Chipfumbu (For bantamweight title)
Do Gyeom Lee (c) vs. Ali Al Qaisi (For featherweight title)
Sarvadzhon Khamidov vs. Xavier Alaoui (Bantamweight)
John Mitchell vs. Konstantinos Ntelis (Lightweight)
KB Bhullar vs. Tarek Suleiman (Middleweight)
Daniel Skibiński vs. Tahir Abdullaev (Welterweight)
Andre Fialho vs. Stefan Sekulić (Welterweight)
Victor Nunes vs. Ali Taleb (Bantamweight)
