UAE Warriors 17 is set for Abu Dhabi on Friday night. The card will consist exclusively of Arabian fighters and is set to take place 24 hours before UAE Warriors 18 which is set for the same venue on Saturday.
The full fight card was released this week. It features a lightweight fight between Bellator veteran Mohammad Yahya (8-3) and Saleem Al-Bakri (1-0).
In the welterweight division Omar Hussein (7-2) has been matched with Yassin Najid (8-2). Meanwhile bantamweight Nawras Abzakh (7-2) and Ali Taleb (2-0) are set to collide.
As previously announced the event will be headlined by a bantamweight bout pitting Rany Saadeh against Abdel Ali Hariri. The former is based in Germany but has Palestinian roots while the latter is based in Spain but will be representing Morocco.
This is the second card in the ‘Arabia’ series. The first event was UAE Warriors 16 in January where Tarek Suleiman submitted Laïd Zerhouni in the main event.
UAE Warriors 17, Abu Dhabi, March 19th
Rany Saadeh vs. Abdel Ali Hariri (Bantamweight)
Nasih El Arja vs. Yassine Bouanan (Heavyweight)
Mohamed Al Katheeri vs. Mostafa El Hamy (Flyweight)
Abdelhak Amhidra vs. Hamed Barhoum (Lightweight)
Ibrahim El Sawi vs. Kevin Oumar (Light heavyweight)
Laïd Zerhouni vs. Mostafa Rashed Neda (Middleweight)
Youssef Al Housani vs. Faris Khaleel Asha (Featherweight)
Ahmad Al Boussairy vs. Yazid Chouchane (Catchweight)
Abdulla Al Bousheiri vs. Sofiane Oudina (Welterweight)
Omar Hussein vs. Yassin Najid (Welterweight)
Sallah-Eddine Dekhissi vs. Yousri Belgaroui (Middleweight)
Nawras Abzakh vs. Ali Taleb (Bantamweight)
Mohammad Yahya vs. Saleem Al-Bakri (Lightweight)
