Paul Hughes A career is staring at the closing barrel. “This is the work of my life. This is all.” He is one half The most anticipated rematch In MMAClosure Usman Nurmagomedov with PFL Light gold on the line. His first match in January, which went to Usman in the manner of majority decision, was a quick battle of the contenders of the year. Friday night, the hughes are out to settle the score.
Hughes was heartbroken by the scorecard when the pair first closed the horns. “I think I have definitely done enough to win, and I think I should have raised my hand,” he said Independent. He is not allowing old wounds to dominate his psyche. “At this point, I don’t give a flying f ***. I get to fight it in a week.”
Usman admitted that he underestimated Hughes to go to the first battle, saying, “It was almost a big mistake,” but holding his belt by his tooth skin – despite cutting a point for a casual headbut. East cousin UFC Light champion Khabib nurmagomedov Still oozing with confidence, saying that Russian entering Dubai will be unfamiliar to the fighter fighting eight months ago. “For this fight, I can only say one thing. It has to be ready because I am coming. It’s not the same Usman that was in January.
Hughes, by contrast, is the same man with the same heart – he is simply equipped to reach the top of his mountain. “He is not fighting a separate Paul, but he is fighting a better way with Paul in a better way.”
The 28 -year -old man of County Dairy is leading a second Irish revolution in MMA. With the nickname of “Big News” fitting, one who was given by him Connor McGregor First Their relationship is sourHughes is receiving reactions for those seen during the Earth-Block era of “Mistic Mac”. His 42-second in Belfast in May Produced one of the most deaf explosions of the noise that you can ever experience – one who gave PFL no option to this rematch other than nails.
Hughes said, “To carry the torch for Irish MMA is a great privilege and great honor, something that I do not take lightly,” Hughes said. “What I want to do is to make these big nights not only for myself, but also for my companions, for your fellow countrymen to bring back to Ireland.”
After Dubai’s former-Nurmagomidov Lion’s Dane stepped into Dane at the beginning of the year, a post-fight wish of Hughes was actually to run it back in his motherland, in his motherland. This wish was not given by PFL. He said, “I just need to make sure that the trilogy fight is in Belfast,” he said, now only a large -scale thinking. Lewis Croker and Paddy Dombone threw down for IBF Gold at the city’s prestigious 18,500-capacity stadium, Windsor Park, want to follow the hughes suit. “hundred percent [that’s the dream]Why not ***? ,
And so, on Friday night, the pride of Ireland will take to one of the many immovable objects in Dagistan. We have been here before; There is a clear comparison with one of the biggest matches in the history of the game.
Khabib vs McGregorAnd this Anarchy that surrounded itThe fans emerge from the collective memory whenever the fighters of these two nations are shocked. However, this is not the continuity of that rivalry. In fact, this narrative affects the boundary line Hughes and Usman.
“Don’t talk about this man,” was a blunt response of the man when I asked him if he saw the similarities between his rivalry and the consumption of his cousin seven years ago. It was uneven and properly fair. They are not fighting anyone else’s fight; This is their own war. And in many ways, they are repairing the damage done in 2018.
The story written by the class Hughes and Usman is strong – far from the instability between Khabib and McGregor. Hughes said, “I think whenever you fight someone, especially more than five rounds, you respect a certain level,” Hughes said. It is a feeling that resonated by his opponent. “I really respect him,” said Usman. “I respect his skills. He is a good fighter – for the first time, I underestimate him.” But his rivalry is beyond the two fighters.
After the first pushed the undefeated champion to its full extent, Hughes followed a biased crowd. Khabib later invited him to train him in Dagistan, a proposal Hughes on the condition that he received his rematch. The situation has changed since then Hughes is not satisfied with leaving the score on an app. “We need a trilogy.” Despite such a trip, this rivalry has catalyzed the treatment of a fragmented relationship between the MMA communities of Ireland and Russia.
Nevertheless, in the interest of writing his own history, Hughes have played it. “I think it is not deep to be honest. It is just two people who had their own beef. It was definitely a good marketing angle to take for the first battle, and it was definitely added throughout the build-up, but finally now about Paul Hughes vs Usman Nurmagomedov.
Whereas Just not being thrown through the windows In this quarrel, there is still heat between these two men, with everything on the line. Still speaking on the respect of the pair’s share, Hughes said: “I don’t think we are trying to kill each other at night.
Hughes left Dubai despite being a status-walko villain, not with the belt in January but with the hearts of the people. He returns to avenge the previous heartache at the price of “Home Favorite”. Thus he realizes that whatever goodwill he earned eight months ago, it will be unattainable come a ring walk. “Surely, I have received a lot of fans from last time, but when it comes at night, are they going to be happy for me when I am walking out? I don’t know. I don’t think so. I think they are going to save all their cheers for their boy.”
But as the latest in a famous line of fighting flags for Emerald Isle, Hughes would not decrease in support. “Don’t worry, many, many Irish are going there that night. You are talking in thousands. We are going to make some noise.”