Nada vs Elsaidy, part 3: Saudi Arabia’s Mostafa Nada and Egypt’s Osama Elsaidy settle a rivalry that began in 2016, tied at 1 win apiece, on Friday, October 2, in Riyadh. PFL MENA 11 also hosts all 6 MENA tournament semifinals at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight.
Key takeaways
- Mostafa Nada (9-4) and Osama Elsaidy (9-3) meet for the 3rd time at light heavyweight on Friday, October 2, at the Global Theater in Boulevard City, Riyadh.
- The 2 met 2 times in 2016 for the Desert Force light heavyweight title and won once each; no belt is on the line this time.
- The card features all 6 PFL MENA tournament semifinals, including Elias Boudegzdame, BRAVE CF's 1st featherweight champion, and Omar Hussein at welterweight.
Nada vs Elsaidy, the decider 10 years on
A rivalry born in Desert Force
Nada and Elsaidy fought 2 times in 2016 with the Desert Force light heavyweight belt at stake and split the results. Their rivalry, marked by tense press conferences and weigh-in scuffles, is one of the most heated in Arab MMA.
Nada’s return
The Saudi, 9-4, returns from a broken arm suffered in his last fight. The Egyptian, 9-3, wants to settle the score for good.
No title, only legacy
This 3rd fight carries no belt. It is about pride, in a main event built for the Saudi crowd.
6 PFL MENA tournament semifinals
At welterweight
Morocco’s Badreddine Diani, a sambo black belt and 9-time African combat sambo champion, faces Jordan’s Hazem Kayyali, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt. Palestine’s Omar Hussein, who scored a knockout in the quarterfinals, meets Algeria’s Abdelkrim Zouad.
At lightweight
Algeria’s Ylies Djiroun, 25-9, takes on Egypt’s Basel Shalaan, 7-1. Iraq’s Mohammad Fahmi, 6-1, faces Egypt’s Ahmed El Sisy, 8-2.
At featherweight
Algeria’s Elias Boudegzdame, the 1st featherweight champion in BRAVE CF history, has 21 wins, 17 by submission. Announced on September 21 against Bahrain’s Hamza Kooheji, he now faces Islam Youssef, a 2025 tournament finalist, on the updated cards; the PFL has not explained the change. Tunisia’s Mehdi Saadi meets Syria’s Shadi Kabbani, 5-0, the 1st Syrian ever to fight in PFL MENA.
With no title, only legacy, on the line.
PFL MENA 11 essentials
A Saudi woman in the amateur ranks
Fatima Al Ammari, a Saudi national muay thai champion, makes her amateur MMA debut against Algeria’s Aya Lounes. She becomes the 2nd Saudi woman to compete in PFL MENA.
How to watch
The card streams on YouTube and airs on Vice TV. Semifinal winners advance to the 2026 PFL MENA finals.
Follow the tournament
Results, records and our weekly rating of PFL fighters are in the FightHub app, with an alert every time someone books a place in the finals.
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