After a robust exhibiting in Belfast, Paul Hughes desires a rematch with Usman Nurmagomedov.
Three months after dropping a majority determination to the Bellator light-weight champion in Dubai, ‘Large Information’ bounced again in an enormous manner, scoring a 42-second highlight-reel knockout of Bruno Mirando at PFL Europe’s first occasion of 2025.
With a seventh-career KO added to his resume, Hughes strongly believes a sequel scrap with Nurmagomedov is so as.
“Yeah, the struggle needs to be made,” Hughes mentioned on The Ariel Helwani Present. “It needs to be subsequent. He can attempt to delay it, as I mentioned in there. He can attempt it so long as he desires, however his day is coming. And I left completely no query on the market tonight that that struggle shall be subsequent.”
After studying of Hughes’ victory, Nurmagomedov gave the Irishman his flowers, but additionally supplied a pleasant reminder of who’s calling the photographs right here.
“Congratulations. Good job,” Nurmagomedov commented. “We are going to do it once more however once I say.”
Paul Hughes open to a conflict with brent primus
If the powers that be resolve Hughes wants yet one more earlier than getting one other crack on the Dagestani’s gold, ‘Large Information’ has a former champion already in his crosshairs.
“There’s loads of choices,” Hughes mentioned throughout an unique chat with Bloody Elbow earlier this yr. “There may be one identify that I feel is the perfect when it comes to storyline for constructing a rematch, and that’s Brent Primus.
“Former champion. Usman couldn’t end him. That they had an in depth sufficient struggle. That I feel could be an ideal struggle for me in Belfast as a result of I do know I’d end him, then we’d have that widespread opponent and it units up a good greater rematch.”
Primus is at the moment working his manner via the PFL light-weight match. In April, he landed a third-round submission victory over Vinicius Censi, setting the stage for a semifinal match with Alfie Davis, scheduled for June 27 in Chicago.
