{"id":4275,"date":"2022-12-09T19:05:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T18:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/?post_type=agenda&p=4275"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:01:21","slug":"wow-28-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"agenda","link":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"WOW 28 Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olimpic Arena vibrates with WOW 28: a night that cements Badalona as an MMA capital<\/h3>\n

The Olimpic Arena in Badalona once again proved why it is one of the great temples of sport in Catalonia. The celebration of WOW<\/a> 28<\/strong> not only filled its stands with \u0577\u0578\u0582\u0580\u057b 5,000 fans, but also confirmed the unstoppable growth of mixed martial arts in Spain and the venue\u2019s leading role in this phenomenon.<\/p>\n

The event, organized by WOW, delivered a night full of excitement, spectacle and talent, culminating in a headline fight that did not disappoint. Menorcan fighter Fabi\u00e0 Sintes<\/strong> successfully defended his flyweight belt after submitting Abdul Karim Badakhshi<\/strong> in the third round, in an intense bout where ground control proved decisive.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/h3>\n

An event worthy of the biggest stages<\/h3>\n

From the first amateur bouts to the main card, the Olimpic Arena crowd enjoyed a complete experience. The night kicked off with thrilling performances that set the tone, including quick knockouts and spectacular submissions that ignited the audience from the very first minute.<\/p>\n

On the professional side, fighters like Zebenzui Ruiz<\/strong> and Apollo Gomes<\/strong> delivered one of the most evenly matched fights of the night, while Andrea Meneses<\/strong> shone in front of her home crowd with a dominant submission victory. Each bout contributed to a shared narrative: the consolidation of a top-tier international event.<\/p>\n

Badalona, epicenter of MMA growth<\/h3>\n

Choosing the Olimpic Arena as the venue for WOW 28 was no coincidence. The crowd\u2019s response and the high level of organization reinforce Badalona\u2019s position as a strategic hub for the development of MMA in Europe. The combination of local talent, international projection and infrastructure ready to host major events makes the venue an ideal stage for this kind of spectacle.<\/p>\n

The energy experienced throughout the night is clear proof that MMA is here to stay\u2014and it\u2019s growing stronger.<\/p>\n

A night to remember<\/h3>\n

The victory of Fabi\u00e0 Sintes<\/strong> not only marks another successful title defense, but also the perfect ending to an event that will remain in the memory of fans. The Olimpic Arena witnessed a night where sport, entertainment and passion came together to create something more than an event: an experience.<\/p>\n

WOW 28 has marked a turning point. And Badalona, once again, was at the heart of it all.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The event in the media<\/h3>\n

Champion Fabi\u00e0 Sintes after making history at WOW 28: “I\u2019m earning my shot at Dana White\u2019s Contender call” – Mundo Deportivo<\/a><\/p>\n

Fabi\u00e0 Sintes retains his title at the great WOW Barcelona event – Mundo Deportivo<\/a><\/p>\n

Fabi\u00e0 Sintes keeps reigning in WOW and knocks hard on the UFC\u2019s door – Marca<\/a><\/p>\n

WOW lands in Barcelona – As<\/a><\/p>\n

WOW 28 arrives in Barcelona, the breakthrough moment for Fabi\u00e0 Sintes before UFC – Marca<\/a><\/p>\n

Fabi\u00e0 Sintes crowns a magical night for locals at WOW 28 Barcelona – Sport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-4275","agenda","type-agenda","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWOW 28 Barcelona | MMA in Olimpic Arena Badalona<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WOW 28 Barcelona | MMA in Olimpic Arena Badalona\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olimpic Arena vibrates with WOW 28: a night that cements Badalona as an MMA capital The Olimpic Arena in Badalona once again proved why it is one of the great temples of sport in Catalonia. The celebration of WOW 28…Read more WOW 28 Barcelona ›\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"olimpicarena\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-30T11:01:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/88.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/\",\"name\":\"WOW 28 Barcelona | MMA in Olimpic Arena Badalona\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/88.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-09T18:05:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T11:01:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/88.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/88.png\",\"width\":320,\"height\":350},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WOW 28 Barcelona\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"olimpicarena\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WOW 28 Barcelona | MMA in Olimpic Arena Badalona","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WOW 28 Barcelona | MMA in Olimpic Arena Badalona","og_description":"Olimpic Arena vibrates with WOW 28: a night that cements Badalona as an MMA capital The Olimpic Arena in Badalona once again proved why it is one of the great temples of sport in Catalonia. The celebration of WOW 28…Read more WOW 28 Barcelona ›","og_url":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/","og_site_name":"olimpicarena","article_modified_time":"2026-03-30T11:01:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":320,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/88.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/","url":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/","name":"WOW 28 Barcelona | MMA in Olimpic Arena Badalona","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/88.png","datePublished":"2022-12-09T18:05:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T11:01:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/88.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/88.png","width":320,"height":350},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wow-28-barcelona\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WOW 28 Barcelona"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/","name":"olimpicarena","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda\/4275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/agenda"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}