Get your tickets for the first-ever MMA Professional Fighters League Super Fight
The card will also feature the first-ever female MMA fight…
Who’s ready for yet another epic showdown in Riyadh?
Riyadh Season presents the first-ever mega MMA event of the year: Professional Fighters League (PFL) Champions vs Bellator Champions, which will be held on Saturday February 24 at the Kingdom Arena.
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The main event
This unprecedented Champions vs Champions fight card will feature World Champions and the biggest names in combat sports going head-to-head in the PFL SmartCage.
Headlining the card will be a battle between Heavyweight titleholders, as PFL Heavyweight Champion Renan Ferreira meets Bellator Heavyweight Champion Ryan Bader. PFL Light Heavyweight Champion Impa Kasanganay, who will fight at 185 pounds, takes on Bellator Middleweight Champion Johnny Eblen.
Two-time PFL Champion Ray Cooper III faces Bellator Welterweight Champion Jason Jackson, and in the featherweight action, PFL Champion Jesus Pinedo meets Bellator Champion Patricio Pitbull.
Other line-up on the fight card
PFL Champions vs Bellator Champions will also see Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Biaggio Ali Walsh, make his professional MMA debut. Other notable fighters on the card are Saudi Arabia’s very own Abdullah Al-Qahtani, Thiago Santos, Yoel Romero, Clay Collard, AJ McKee, Aaron Pico, and many more.
The card will also feature the first-ever female MMA fight in Riyadh. Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and women’s boxing champion Claressa Shields takes on Kelsey DeSantis in a Women’s Lightweight bout.
With PFL’s acquisition of Bellator, MMA fans will see two MMA giants descend on Saudi Arabia to see who comes out on top.
Tickets for PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions can be booked through the WeBook.com website and mobile application. At the time of writing this article, only Category 2 tickets priced at SAR70, Category 1 tickets priced at SAR80, and Gold tickets priced at SAR200 are available.
Those who prefer to see it from the comfort of their home can watch the inaugural PFL pay-per-view Super Fight live on ESPN+ pay-per-view and DAZN.
The PFL Champions vs Bellator Champions weigh-ins will take place at the Kingdom Arena on Friday February 23 at 6pm (KSA time).
PFL Super Fights: Champs vs Champs, Feb 24, 8.30pm, Kingdom Arena. The ticket price starts at SAR70 and can be purchased here. @riyadhseason
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