PFL postpones MENA Season 3 tourney opener in Saudi Arabia on May 8

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PFL postpones MENA Season 3 tourney opener in Saudi Arabia on May 8

April 9, 2026

All those who purchased tickets for this now rescheduled
Professional Fighters League event will be given full
refunds.

Per a release from the organization on Thursday morning, the PFL
has been forced to reschedule its PFL MENA event that was booked
for May 8. It was to have commenced the third MENA tournament, as
pertaining to the Middle East/North Africa region, at the Dhahran
Expo in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. No reason has been given at the time,
with the PFL promising details at a later date.

The promotion states that it plans on rescheduling all of the
fights booked for the May 8 show to the newly established date, one
that has not been announced. It does not indicate whether this PFL
MENA season opener will be staged in Khobar, and instead noted that
it will return to the city later this year. As mentioned earlier,
all tickets will be refunded, and not honored for the next
event.

At the time, nine bouts across four weight classes were booked for
this fight card. It was titled “Rise of the Gulf,” and it was going
to kick off the tournaments for three divisions instead of MENA’s
previous four last year. The featherweight, lightweight and
welterweight divisions will be on focus, while the excluded
bantamweight category was to be replaced by “a slate of
high-profile showcase bouts featuring the region’s fastest-rising
stars.”