And there are also rumors among specialists that the UFC will hold its first event on Saudi soil in 2024. The SRJ investment fund, a branch of the almighty Public Investment Fund (PIF, $620 billion in assets by 2022), recently became a minority shareholder in MMA's up-and-coming global league, the PFL. In 2019, the rematch between the Englishman Anthony Joshua and the American Andy Ruiz took place at Riyadh's Diriyah Arena, a 15,000-seat venue built for the occasion. This is hardly surprising given the kingdom's recent track record. Read more Mixed Martial Arts is bringing its cages to France These two superstar fighters from different sports will share the same ring. The 2023 event kicks off on Saturday, October 28, with an English boxing match between Britain's Tyson Fury, the world champion of the noble art, and Cameroon's Francis Ngannou, a former heavyweight champion of the UFC – the world's biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) league. For several months, the city will host a series of spectacles, huge shows and sporting events. Have you heard of Riyadh Season? Contrary to what one might think, it's not the name of a luxury hotel or of a restaurant that just opened on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, but a major festival organized in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital. Subscribers only Francis Ngannou's arrival in Riyadh on October 24, 2023. On Saturday, the English boxing match between the Briton and the Cameroonian mixed martial artist will kick off the 2023 edition of the Riyadh Season, a festival organized in the Saudi capital.īy Yohann Le Coz Published on October 28, 2023, at 5:45 pm (Paris) Tyson Fury-Francis Ngannou fight: Why Saudi Arabia is entering the ring
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