Fan-favorite atomweight Hattan Alsaif got the crowd going at Friday’s PFL World Championship event, where she extended her undefeated amateur record with another strong showing.
The Professional Fighters League is staging this year’s PFL Global and PFL MENA finals from the King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday, with 10 title bouts set to play out.
Alsaif — a highly touted amateur who marks the first female fighter from Saudi Arabia — had her latest outing splitting the four championship clashes on the MENA card, as she did battle with Algeria’s Lilia Osmani.
The 23-year-old had already made a splash this year, first by stopping her opponent on debut with a brutal head kick at PFL MENA 1 this past May and then by battering her next foe into a corner stoppage two months later.
And on Friday, Alsaif continued her violent form. After delivering highlights such as a slam and a spinning wheel kick that connected clean, the Saudi favorite closed the show with some vicious knees to the body in round two.
Alsaif is now 3-0 as an amateur and could soon begin to compete in the professional ranks.
Regardless of what comes next, it’s safe to say that she’ll have plenty of eyeballs on her career moving forward, having had one of the bigger receptions of the night inside Riyadh’s King Saud University.
Following the conclusion of the PFL MENA championship card, the likes of Brendan Loughnane, Dakota Ditcheva, and Impa Kasanganay will be looking to leave the Middle East with titles and $1 million prize money.
