Paul
Hughes has a dance partner for his upcoming
Professional Fighters League appearance.
Advertisement
The promotion announced on Wednesday that Hughes will lock horns
with Bruno
Miranda in the
PFL Europe Belfast headliner on May 10 at the SSE Arena. The
card will also include PFL Europe tournament pairings, where
fighters must win three bouts to earn a $100,000 cash prize.
Participants in the tournament will be announced at a later
date.
A former
Cage Warriors champion, Hughes was a prized free agent before
signing with the PFL in 2024. He made his presence felt at PFL
“Brace for Impact” last October, when he defeated ex-Bellator
MMA featherweight champ A.J. McKee via
split decision. “Big News” then challenged Usman
Nurmagomedov for the lightweight belt at
PFL Road to Dubai, losing a narrow majority decision in one of
the best fights of 2025 thus far.
Miranda is coming off a split-decision triumph over former Bellator
stalwart Patricky
Freire at a PFL regular season event last July. That snapped a
two-fight skid for the Brazilian, who owns a 17-5 career mark with
11 triumphs coming inside the distance.
„The vocal support for Paul meant this was an easy decision, and I
can’t wait to feel the atmosphere of The SSE Arena during the main
event,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray in a release. “But we plan to
stack the card with our PFL Europe Tournament fighters, and a host
of athletes who are prepared to lay it all on the line and put on a
show. Belfast, get your tickets, we have a feeling this event will
go down in history.”