A pivotal welterweight clash will co-headline PFL Dubai.
Omar El Dafrawy (16-6) takes on Patrick Habirora (9-0) on Nov. 14 at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, promotion officials announced Monday.
𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗕 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗢𝗣𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗡𝗘 🍿🔜
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Undefeated #4 Ranked Patrick Habirora clashes with #5 Ranked Omar El-Dafrawy in a battle of ranked Welterweights in the Co-Main Event of PFL Dubai!
It all goes down on Saturday, November 14th LIVE from the Coca-Cola… pic.twitter.com/3gYaHGHj66
2024 PFL MENA champion El Dafrawy has won of 10 of his past 11 fights. The Egyptian fighter is coming off a first-round knockout of James Vake, followed by a unanimous decision win over Jonathan Piersma at PFL New York in July.
Habirora has finished all but one
of his professional fights. "The Belgian Bomber" has knocked out three-straight former UFC fighters – including a 20-second finish of former UFC champion Benson Henderson at PFL Brussels in May.
The current PFL Dubai lineup includes:
- Champion Vadim Nemkov vs. Sergey Bilostenniy - for heavyweight title
- Omar El Dafrawy vs. Patrick Habirora
- Joji Goto vs. Sergio Pettis
- Adam Borics vs. Khasan Magomedsharipov
- Oleg Popov vs. Pouya Rahmani
- David Martinez vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Omar El Dafrawy and Patrick Habirora meet in PFL Dubai co-main event
