In a tumultuous day for Irish striker, Paul Hughes, the PFL star stays steadfast in his pursuit of a light-weight title rematch with Usman Nurmagomedov, claiming the unbeaten Russian “won’t get lucky next time” if they’re pitted collectively once more.
Hughes, who headlined PFL: Street to Dubai earlier this month within the Center East, compelled the unbeaten, Nurmagomedov the complete 5 spherical distance in simply his second outing within the promotion, discovering himself on the mistaken aspect of a controversial and debated majority resolution loss.
And vowing to land himself a rematch conflict with the Bellator MMA light-weight champion — notably in a sought-after showdown in Belfast, Hughes claimed this night throughout an interview with Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned that Nurmagomedov won’t “get lucky” in the event that they share the SmartCage once more this 12 months.
Paul Hughes echoes requires title combat rematch with Usman Nurmagomedov
” Look, they [the Professional Fighters League] should run it again,” Paul Hughes defined. “How couldn’t you? How couldn’t you run it again? I do know Usman (Nurmagomedov) has talked about he’s not going to wish to, he’s going to a minimum of attempt to get as a lot time as he can till that occurs as a result of he needs to, I assume, maintain on to the belt.
“[Usman Nurmagomedov] did say he doesn’t want to fight until the end of the year, which is, it’s too far away. The momentum of this, it has to happen soon.
Obviously I wanted to be in Belfast, whether or not that happens, I don’t know. If he’s not going to fight until the end of… pic.twitter.com/vT77RBpG89
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 29, 2025
“He did say I think he doesn’t want to fight to the end of the year, which is too far away,” Paul Hughes defined. “The momentum of this, it has to happen soon. Obviously, I wanted to be in Belfast, but whether or not that happens, I don’t know. But if he’s not going to fight to the end of the year, then I have to get somebody in Belfast in the summertime. That would be the only thing that would keep me sane right now.”
This night besides, Derry favourite, Hughes was concerned in a moderately deplorable spat with compatriot, Conor McGregor — wherein the Dublin striker known as into query the Irish identification of the previous Cage Warriors kingpin, earlier than labelling him a “c*nt” for talking together with his arch-rival, Khabib Nurmagomedov within the aftermath of his title combat essential occasion.
