The primary PFL Europe card of 2025 will probably be headlined by lightweights Paul Hughes and Bruno Miranda in Belfast, Northern Eire, on Might 10, the corporate introduced Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Irish expertise turned one of many faces of the promotion with a win over AJ McKee Jr. in his PFL debut and an in depth majority choice loss towards 155-pound champion Usman Nurmagomedov this previous January.
A former featherweight champion contained in the Cage Warriors cage with a professional report of 13-2, “Massive Information” Hughes gained his previous seven previous to the Nurmagomedov conflict, together with a trio of finishes since shifting as much as the light-weight division.
Miranda improved to 17-5 within the sport with a split-decision victory over ex-Bellator light-weight champion Patricky Pitbull in his most up-to-date PFL look in June 2024, rebounding type back-to-back defeats to Olivier Aubin-Mercier and Brent Primus. One in every of Brazil’s prospects to observe in 2021, “Robusto” gained eight of his previous 10, half of these by way of stoppage.
The Belfast card can even serve to kick off the 2025 PFL Europe tournaments, which can pay the winners $100,000 later this yr.
“The vocal help for Paul meant this was a simple choice, and I can’t wait to really feel the ambiance of The SSE Enviornment throughout the principle occasion,” PFL CEO Pete Murray acknowledged in a launch. “However we plan to stack the cardboard with our PFL Europe event fighters, and a number of athletes who’re ready to put all of it on the road and placed on a present. Belfast, get your tickets, we’ve a sense this occasion will go down in historical past.”
