For as much as there has been to criticize the PFL over the past 12 months as the promotion continues to make claims of where it stands as the co-leader in global MMA, Saturday's main event of the inaugural PFL Champions Series in Dubai is a must-see event.

“Brother, nobody knows who is Paul Hughes,” Nurmagomedov told MMA Junkie. “He can talk something only because he wants to promote himself. PFL gave him this title shot only because he’s from Ireland, and they want to promote Ireland vs. Dagestan – something like that.

Tomorrow the PFL is having their Road to Dubai Champions Series event and there is an absolute banger in the main event that’s being dubbed Dagestan vs. Ireland 2. Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0,

MMA KO’s Drew Beaupré spoke with Paul Hughes before he challenged the undefeated Usman Nurmagomedov at PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series.

The bout between Dagestani fighter Usman Nurmagomedov, the Bellator lightweight world champion who is 18-0 so far, and Ireland's Paul Hughes will be the top attraction of the Road to Dubai Champions Series, organised by the Professional Fighters League (PFL), at the Coco Cola Arena in Dubai on Saturday (January 25).

Javier Mendez has claimed that a major weakness in Paul Hughes is his ground game, with Usman Nurmagomedov's coach highlighting it as a key flaw for his man's rival. Hughes is set to challenge the Bellator lightweight champion on Saturday night, live in a number of regions on DAZN, in what will be his first tilt at a major MMA title.

This weekend, however, another Irish prizefighter will try to become just the latest to claim world championship gold, as Paul “Big News” Hughes challenges the undefeated Usman Nurmagomedov for the Bellator Lightweight World Championship in the main event of PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series at the Coca-Cola Arena.