{"id":608235,"date":"2026-04-15T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608235\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:15:09","slug":"uae-national-mma-championships-set-to-showcase-top-local-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608235\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE National MMA Championships set to showcase top local talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tABU DHABI: The eighth edition of the UAE National MMA Championships will be held here at Mubadala Arena, Zayed Sports City, on April 18 and 19 featuring some of the nation\u2019s top competitors.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe event, organized by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts Federation, will have athletes competing across age and weight categories.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe fighters are set to compete across the Youth D (10-11 years), Youth C (12-13), Youth B (14-15), Youth A (16-17), and Adult (18 and above) categories.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMohammed bin Dalmouj Al-Dhaheri, board member of the federation, said the growth of the sport at national and international level reflects the country\u2019s vision to nurture and develop local talent.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAl-Dhaheri added that the growing interest in MMA demonstrates increased public awareness of the sport\u2019s role in building character, boosting self-confidence, and developing the ability to face challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABU DHABI: The eighth edition of the UAE National MMA Championships will be held here at Mubadala Arena,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-608235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}