Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – The biggest combat sports promotion in the Middle East is back with another double-header showcasing 50 fighters from across the world throwing down over two nights of stacked mixed martial arts action, with the main event being for the Arabia vs Africa Intercontinental Featherweight Title between Ali AlQaisi and Sylvester Chipfumbu, before the Welterweight Champ Khotam Boynazarov defends his welter strap the next evening against Dana White Contender Series winner, James Llontop.

UAE Warriors 61

UAE Warriors 61 on the 23rd July will feature the first Arabia vs Africa Title Fight, between one of the regional greats from Jordan, the current Arabian Featherweight Champion and former UFC Fighter, Ali AlQaisi (16-8) and the former EFC Bantamweight Champ from Zimbabwe, Sylvester Chipfumbu (11-6), this being for the new Featherweight Intercontinental belt in the main event. This new championship title is the first in a series that will pit the champions and number one contenders from each continent and division against each other, beginning with this cracking main event.

TUF 32 contestant and current Arabian Welterweight Champion, Omran Chaaban (8-1) gets an immediate rebooking following his victory at UAE Warriors 59 last month, this time against Brazil’s MFC Welterweight Champion Wellington Madeira (7-1) whilst UFC and PFL vet Ronny Markes (24-10) will face Dagestan’s ACB standout Kazbek Saidaliev (13-3).

UAE Warriors 62

The main event of UAE Warriors 62 the very next evening on the 24th will witness the first title defense of Uzbekistan’s undefeated welterweight prodigy Khotam Boynazarov (10-0). He defends against DWCS winner James Llontop (16-5) from Peru who became the FFC champion this year following a tough UFC run. Former Eagle FC Champion from Russia, the outstanding striker Imam-Shapi Mukhtarov (11-1), will take on Azerbaijan’s undefeated Anvarbek Daniyalbekov (9-0) whose nine victories are all by way of KO, six of which were in the first. And that’s after two massive undefeated fighters clash with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s young pupil Ullubiy Amirzhanov (4-0) taking on flashy Uzbek submission specialist Ravshan Boymirzoev (5-0). Alexander Volkanovski’s teammate Amena Hadeya (5-3) has her biggest test to date against former UFC and PFL flyweight from Syndicate MMA in Vegas, Shanna Young (10-8) while the co-main event pitches two Pankration specialists, Naiza’s Lightweight Champion, Magomed Kabardiev (10-1) against Ukrainian ONE vet, Kiril Gorobets (12-3). Check-out the stacked and explosive bout list below:

UAE Warriors 61 Fight Card

CW 60kg Abdurakhman Nasrutdinov (4-1) vs Imram Magaramov (7-3)*

LW Gamid Khizriev (3-0) vs Asliddin Eshankulov (5-0)

CW 68kg Ilias Bulaid (7-0) vs Eduard Demenko (4-6)*

SW Kanako Murata (12-3) vs Ediana Silva (13-4)

MW Sharapudin Ziyaudinov (4-0) vs Amir Saeedkia (4-3)

LHW Kevin Oumar (10-4) vs Caio Machado (9-4)

CW 63kg Demarte Pena (15-3) vs Abay Zhalal (7-0)

HW Ronny Markes (25-10) vs Kazbek Saidaliev (11-3)

WW Evgeny Morozov (8-1) vs Evgeny Tabarovski (11-4)

WW Omran Chaaban (8-1) vs Wellington Madeira (7-1)

BW Asaf Chopurov (7-0) vs João Pedro Saldanha (15-6)

FW Intercontinental Title Ali AlQaisi (16-8) vs Sylvester Chipfumbu (11-6)

UAE Warriors 62 Fight Card

FW Maraoune Bellagouit (5-2) vs Jayson Margallo (12-10)

BW Ullubiy Amirzhanov (4-0) vs Ravshan Boymirzoev (5-0)

FLW Amena Hadeya (5-3) vs Shanna Young (10-8)

WW Abdelkrim Zouad (7-1) vs Amir Hossein Alipour (6-1)

CW 59kg Magomed Idrisov (10-2) vs Moris Boleyan (8-0)

BW Faeez Jacobs (12-5) vs Mehemmedeli Osmanli (9-0)

FLW Maysara Mohamed (9-1) vs Yamato Fujita (13-5)

CW 71.5kg Bruno Machado (17-9) vs Agshin Babaev (22-10)

LW Felipe ‘Buakaw’ Douglas (25-6) vs Zhasulan Akimzhanov(12-3)

CW 86kg Imam-Shapi Mukhtarov (11-1) vs Anvarbek Daniyalbekov (9-0)

CW 75kg Magomed Kabardiev (10-1) vs Kiril Gorobets (12-3)

WW International Title Fight Khotam Boynazarov © (10-0) vs James Llontop (16-5)

*Bouts have been verbally agreed.

UAE Warriors 61 and 62 are proudly presented by Palms Sports and take place on the 23rd and 24th of July, live on UFC Fight Pass from the Space 42 Arena at 7pm Abu Dhabi time (11am ET 8am PT) in the UAE.

Tickets available at Virgin Megastores and online .

Further information available at www.uaewarriors.com