With pride in his Middle Eastern heritage in his heart, Jarrah Al-Selawe made an impact during his appearance in the 2022 edition of the PFL Challenger Series, scoring a first-round knockout of Michael Lilly and earning a PFL contract. Al-Selawe competed in the 2022 and 2023 PFL global regular seasons but struggled, earning a split decision over Gleison Tibau but getting stopped by Magomed Umalatov, Sabidou Sy and Solomon Renfro. Al-Selawe rebounded away from the PFL in December with a win over Nenad Avramovic, and he hopes that tonight will get him a step closer to PFL gold in MENA.

 

Rayan Atmani is relentless inside the cage, and not one of his fights has ever gotten out of the first round. Atmani, who fights out of Tiger Sports DZ, enters tonight with a 4-2 record. He last fought in December, losing to Mohammad Mutie.

 

Which man will move on to the next stage, one step closer to PFL MENA welterweight gold?

 

 

Round 1

 

Al-Selawe throws a straight to get things started. Atmani with a low kick. Al-Selawe brings forward pressure. Right hand from Al-Selawe. Left hand misses for Al-Selawe. Round kick by Atmani. Low kick by Atmani. Atmani goes for a takedown, but Al-Selawe sprawls and stops it. Left hand by Al-Selawe. One-two by Atmani. Spinning back fist by Atmani! Al-Selawe answers with a hook. Round kick by Atmani. High kick lands for Al-Selawe. Atmani connects inside and makes Al-Selawe stumble a bit. Al-Selawe answers by pressing Atmani into the fence and scoring a takedown.

 

Al-Selawe lands a few left hands on the ground. Another left hand from Al-Selawe. Al-Selawe continues to rain the left hands down. Al-Selawe gets Atmani's back. Al-Selawe locks in a body triangle on Atmani. He’s trying to get his arms around Atmani’s neck. Al-Selawe is able to get past Atmani’s defenses and lock in the choke, scoring the submission!

 

 

Jarrah Al-Selawe makes a statement that he’s here in PFL MENA to get gold and potentially make it back to the global PFL stage!

 

 

OFFICIAL RESULT

 

Jarrah “The Jordanian Lion” Al-Selawe defeats Rayan Atmani by 1st round submission (rear-naked choke, 4:20) in a PFL MENA Welterweight Regular Season bout, earning his place in the 2024 PFL MENA Playoffs. He’ll face Omar El Dafrawy in the semifinals.

  • Al-Selawe moves his career record to 20-6
  • Al-Selawe gets his 6th career submission. 13 of his 20 wins have come by finish.
  • Al-Selawe is a former 2-division BRAVE champion. He went on to become a PFL Challenger Series contract winner and competed in 2 PFL seasons but missed the playoffs both times