WOW 28 Barcelona Fight Card: Fabia Sintes Returns, Badalona Gets a Stacked Night of Spanish MMA

23 March 2026

WOW 28 Barcelona feels like a proper step forward for the promotion

Way of Warriors FC (WOW) has already become a serious reference point for Spanish MMA, and now the promotion is planting its flag in Badalona with WOW 28: Barcelona. The setting matters. The Olimpic Arena gives the event a bigger feel, but the card itself is what really sells it: seven pro fights, several recognizable names on the Spanish scene, and a main event built around a fighter who already knows what it means to carry pressure.

Fabia Sintes carries the main-event spotlight

The headline matchup is Fabia Sintes vs Abdul Karim Badakhshi, and it has a clear story behind it. Sintes already owns a meaningful place in WOW history as the promotion’s first flyweight champion, so this is not just another booking for her. It is another chance to prove that the belt run was not a moment, but the start of a longer stretch at the top.

Badakhshi, meanwhile, is exactly the kind of opponent you bring in when you want a real answer. He gives the fight international weight, and that matters on a card like this. If Sintes wins well, it strengthens her as one of the faces of the promotion. If she struggles, then WOW suddenly has a different conversation on its hands.

Cartelera oficial para WOW 28 de este próximo sábado 28 de marzo en Badalona

A mi ver es un muy buen evento donde habrá 7 peleas profesionales y 4 amateur con nombres más que interesantes #WOW28 #MMASpain pic.twitter.com/zG7xTCCCdj
— Pelunaton (@pelunaton) March 23, 2026

The undercard has enough depth to matter

The co-main pairing of Daniil Prikaza vs Adrián Oviedo adds experience and a bit more maturity to the card, while Andrea Meneses Garcia vs Claire Lopez is one of the more interesting stylistic fights on the lineup because Lopez arrives with experience outside Spain and Meneses is trying to turn momentum into real status.

Then there is the younger end of the card. Liam Arjona vs José Manuel de Arribas feels like a measuring-stick fight, the kind promotions use when they want to see whether a prospect is actually ready for a bigger push. The same is true in a different way for Charlie Hatton vs Dimitri Bakari, because pro debuts always carry that extra curiosity factor.

The rest of the professional slate rounds things out with Zebenzui Ruiz vs Apollo Gomes and Maria Carbone vs Lara Botto, which helps the event feel balanced instead of top-heavy.