Hughes is coming off a majority decision defeat to Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov in the PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai headliner this past January, a fight he thought he won. The loss snapped the 27-year-old’s seven-fight winning streak.

Paul Hughes is the new face of Irish MMA, and his homecoming bout in Belfast on May 10 has generated the local fan interest to prove it.

Paul Hughes’s opponent at PFL Belfast has been named, as the Northern Irishman takes on Bruno Miranda in a bid to set up a rematch with Usman Nurmagomedov. In January, Hughes suffered a controversial majority-decision loss to Nurmagomedov, who retained the PFL lightweight title and remained unbeaten.

PFL star Paul Hughes now has a target in his sights for later this year, when he has his homecoming fight in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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