Usman Nurmagomedov retained his Bellator lightweight title in thrilling fashion this past weekend. The undefeated protégé of UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov went toe to toe with Ireland’s Paul Hughes to ...

Usman Nurmagomedov retained his Bellator lightweight title in thrilling fashion this past weekend. The undefeated protégé of UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov went toe to toe with Ireland's Paul ...

Paul Hughes recently reflected on his title fight against Usman Nurmagomedov last Saturday at PFL Dubai and expressed interest in a rematch. He noted that the Dagestani was fading and believes he ...

Usman Nurmagomedov admits Paul Hughes’ pre-fight accusation was accurate. He underestimated the Irishman ahead of their bout Saturday, but left the matchup with a completely different attitude. In the ...

Usman Nurmagomedov admitted that he was given the fight of his life as he defeated Paul Hughes by Majority Decision to settle a bitter feud in Dubai. For the final time, a Bellator world title was ...

Paul Hughes recently put the world on notice to the fact that he may just be the most talented Irish mixed martial artist in the world today in his title challenge against Usman Nurmagomedov at ...

Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes seemingly squashed their beef following their five-round war this past Saturday at PFL Dubai. For several months, tempers have been rising between the teams of ...

Ireland," exemplified by the evening's lightweight title main event between Bellator champion Usman Nurmagomedov and challenger Paul Hughes. In an early entrant for 2025's Fight of the Year ...

and called for his shot at Usman Nurmagomedov, saying, "We want to see Ireland v Dagestan number two!" That set the scene for fight week this past week as Nurmagomedov and Hughes performed their ...