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Matthew Wells and Mike Bohn

Paul Hughes invites Conor McGregor to corner for potential Umar Nurmagomedov title bout

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Paul Hughes was rightfully in a joyous mood after pulling off an underdog win over A.J. McKee at PFL: Battle of the Giants, and has his eyes set on a title shot.

“We all know who’s next! Usman Nurmagomedov is next!” Hughes yelled into the microphone as he arrived at a post-fight news conference. “We all know that, right? Let’s go. Let’s do this.”

For “Big News” Hughes (13-1), defeating McKee was his biggest career win thus far. Although, he admits things were not ideal coming into this fight, which may have prevented an early finish, as he predicted.

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