Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes clashed in the most effective fights of the 12 months in 2025, and now, they’ll do it yet again.
The lightweights are set to satisfy in the principle occasion when the PFL returns to Dubai for a champions sequence card on Friday, Oct. 3 on the Coca-Cola Enviornment.
Again in January, Nurmagomedov remained undefeated with a razor-close majority choice win in a back-and-forth battle towards Hughes. Ever since that evening, Hughes has been calling for a rematch however first he needed to dispatch Bruno Miranda in Might with a blistering 42-second knockout.
Now Hughes is getting his second alternative with the rematch booked towards Nurmagomedov in October.
Along with the light-weight title battle, Corey Anderson returns to motion to defend his PFL mild heavyweight championship in a rematch towards 2024 PFL mild heavyweight event champion Dovlet Yagshimuradov.
Their first encounter occurred again in 2021 throughout the Bellator Gentle Heavyweight Grand Prix with Anderson scoring a third-round TKO victory. Yagshimuradov will get his rematch after rattling off seven wins in a row together with a knockout over Impa Kasanganay to say the PFL event title in 2024.
The PFL card in Dubai additionally options the beforehand reported bout between Artem Lobov and Zubaira Tukhugov because the longtime rivals lastly look to settle their enterprise within the cage.
Right here’s the complete card because it at present stands for PFL Dubai in October:
MAIN EVENT: Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Paul Hughes
Corey Anderson vs. Dovlet Yagshimuradov
Pouya Rahmani vs. Slim Trabelsi
Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Artem Lobov
Omar El Dafrawy vs. Florim Zendeli
