UFC's first Emirati fighter returns to UFC FIGHT NIGHT in August

ABU DHABI, 3rd July, 2024 (WAM) -- Mohammad Yahya, the first Emirati to compete in the UFC, will make his return to the Octagon to take on Brazilian Kaue Fernandes on 3rd August at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Yahya made history last year when he signed with the world's largest mixed martial arts organisation and debuted in the UAE capital in October at UFC 294: MAKHACHEV vs. VOLKANOVSKI 2.

The 30-year-o