Whereas UFC 311 will take heart stage final Saturday evening (Jan. 18, 2025), Skilled Fighters League (PFL) will kick off its 2025 marketing campaign with the upcoming Bellator “Highway to Dubai” occasion this weekend (Sat., Jan 25) inside Coca-Cola Area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The occasion will function a Light-weight title combat as division champion, Usman Nurmagomedov, will defend his belt in opposition to rising Irish sensation, Paul Hughes, who earned his shot on the strap by upsetting A.J. McKee at “Battle of the Giants” on Oct. 2024. As for Nurmagomedov, he has but to style defeat and can look so as to add to his mint file of 18-0-1.
The cardboard is being billed as “Dagestan vs. Eire 2,” an homage to “Khabib vs. McGregor” since each Usman and Hughes have ties to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, who infamously went to conflict at UFC 229 six years in the past.
And everyone knows how that turned out.
Talking of Khabib, he was closely featured in episode certainly one of PFL’s “Highway to Dubai” collection, a pre-fight preview that mirrors that of HBO Sports activities wildly-popular “24/7” assortment. Forward of the highly-anticipated showdown, dive in to get a more in-depth look and listen to from each Nurmagomedov and Hughes as they put together for the primary large PFL combat of 2025, which may also function a Heavyweight combat between Vadim Nemkov and Tim Johnson.
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