Wisem Hammami took the UAE Warriors Arabia welterweight belt to add to his Africa title in the Abu Dhabi promotion’s Arabia 12 fight card at the Etihad Arena, Yas Island, on Friday.
The Italy-based Tunisian stopped the defending Arabia champion Badreddine Diani of Morocco in two minutes and 12 seconds with a barrage of punches in the main contest of the 12-fight card.
Hammami went on the offensive from the word go. He grabbed Diani from behind, forcing him to the back of the mesh, before striking him with combination of punches and then landing a vicious elbow as the referee stepped in and awarded the fight as a TKO.
With the win, Hammami took his score over Diani to 2-0 and his overall record to eight wins and a defeat.
Hammami stopped Diani in the second round in their first meeting and this time he produced a better performance to stop the contest in the first round.
“Going into this title contest, I was always confident. And I’m glad of the work tonight and proud to be holding two titles now in this promotion,” Hammami said.
“I managed to end the fight in the first round but that doesn’t mean Badreddine was a pushover. He was the defending champion of the Arabia title having won his last two fights in the promotion. I have a lot of respect for him.”
Hammami came into the Arabia title fight on the back of the first career defeat in the promotion’s international card. He suffered a first-round loss to Dutchman Brian Hooi in July last year.
“I would like to have another crack in the promotion’s international card but it’s up to them, whether they want to arrange a title defence of both the Africa and Arabia titles, or another appearance or two in the international fight card,” he said when asked of his next target.
In the rest of the card, Kuwaiti Abdullah Boushehri produced a second-round submission of Adham Mohamed of Egypt in the welterweight co-main contest.
Egyptian Shehab Noeman stopped Emirati Mohamed Al Katheeri with a left hook to the jaw in the opening round of their flyweight contest.
Other results:
Catchweight (63.5kg): Shadi Kabbani (SYR) bt Walid Ait Tami (MAR)
Catchweight (68.3kg): Abdalrahman Alhyasat (JOR) bt Anaur Bensayiid (MAR)
Catchweight (78.9kg): Namo Fazil (KRG) bt Khaled Amr (EGY)
Featherweight: Maraoune Bellagouit (MAR) bt Abdi Farah (NOR)
Welterweight: Qais Burmawi (JOR) bt Mohammad Mutie (PAL)
Featherweight (female): Hiait Farag Youssef (EGY) bt Eman Almudhaf (KUW)
Lightweight: Mohamed Mamdooh (SYR) bt Youness Mandor (EGY)
Bantamweight: Wasem Anwar (SYR) bt Mahmoud Abd El Rauf (EGY)
Heavyweight: Rayan Chaieb (ALG) bt Mahmoud Mohamed (EGY)
MATCH INFO
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
WOMAN AND CHILD
Director: Saeed Roustaee
Starring: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi
Rating: 4/5
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Roger Federer's record at Wimbledon
Roger Federer's record at Wimbledon
1999 - 1st round
2000 - 1st round
2001 - Quarter-finalist
2002 - 1st round
2003 - Winner
2004 - Winner
2005 - Winner
2006 - Winner
2007 - Winner
2008 - Finalist
2009 - Winner
2010 - Quarter-finalist
2011 - Quarter-finalist
2012 - Winner
2013 - 2nd round
2014 - Finalist
2015 - Finalist
2016 - Semi-finalist
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Lamsa
Founder: Badr Ward
Launched: 2014
Employees: 60
Based: Abu Dhabi
Sector: EdTech
Funding to date: $15 million
ACC 2019: The winners in full
Best Actress Maha Alemi, Sofia
Best Actor Mohamed Dhrif, Weldi
Best Screenplay Meryem Benm’Barek, Sofia
Best Documentary Of Fathers and Sons by Talal Derki
Best Film Yomeddine by Abu Bakr Shawky
Best Director Nadine Labaki, Capernaum
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TOURNAMENT INFO
Opening fixtures:
Friday, Oct 5
8pm: Kabul Zwanan v Paktia Panthers
Saturday, Oct 6
4pm: Nangarhar Leopards v Kandahar Knights
8pm: Kabul Zwanan v Balkh Legends
Tickets
Tickets can be bought online at https://www.q-tickets.com/apl/eventlist and at the ticket office at the stadium.
TV info
The tournament will be broadcast live in the UAE on OSN Sports.
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THE LOWDOWN
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Director: Ritesh Batra
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Farrukh Jaffar, Deepak Chauhan, Vijay Raaz
Pharaoh's curse
British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to find the Tutankhamun tomb, died in a Cairo hotel four months after the crypt was opened.
He had been in poor health for many years after a car crash, and a mosquito bite made worse by a shaving cut led to blood poisoning and pneumonia.
Reports at the time said Lord Carnarvon suffered from “pain as the inflammation affected the nasal passages and eyes”.
Decades later, scientists contended he had died of aspergillosis after inhaling spores of the fungus aspergillus in the tomb, which can lie dormant for months. The fact several others who entered were also found dead withiin a short time led to the myth of the curse.
