You Still Have Time To Catch This Thrilling, Hard-Hitting Fight Fest Tonight

International race car drivers are not the only ones holding court on Yas Island today.

The inaugural Yas Island Muay Thai Championship happening tonight, 6pm, will see some of the world’s best fighters square off at the du Forum.

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Catch an action-packed Fight Night at our first ever #YasMuayThai on Friday Nov 23 #InAbuDhabi. Limited tickets on sale at https://goo.gl/4Cj5vW or call 800 TM UAE (800 86 823). Grab yours now! #FlashPresents #ThinkFlash #MuayThai #Championship #duForum
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Headlining the intense slugfest are the two main events pitting multi-titled fighters.

World No. 7 Youssef ‘The Terminator’ from Morocco will face World No. 9 Jake ‘Pretty Boy’ Purdy from the UK, while Thailand’s Somchai Lueamlam go head-to-head again British warrior Jack Kennedy.

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Not long now before I fight on @fightleague against Yousef Boughamen I’m training hard and really looking foward to fighting in Abu Dhabi next weekend 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽💥💥💥 Limited tickets on sale at ticketmaster.ae or call 800 TM UAE (80086 823) #YasMuayThai #ThinkFlash #FlashPresents #Talent #MuayThai @ticketmasterme
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Building up anticipation for the headliners are the equally exciting undercard matches featuring Walter Gonçalves (Brazil) vs Pedro Ruiz (Spain); Jussi Santalahti (Finland) vs Fernando Groenhart (the Netherlands); Salimkhan Ibragimov (Russia) vs Jose Manuel Hita Rodriguez (Spain); and Ilyass Chakir (Morocco) vs Nicolas Mendes (Senegal).

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Выехал на охоту #inshallah ☝🏻 @sitsongpeenongphuket_muaythai @fightclub_lionheart @nord_86_surgut
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