Hughes to fight McKee on Ngannou-Ferreira undercard

Irishman Paul Hughes will conflict American AJ McKee successful Saudi Arabia connected 19 October.

The lightweight bout features connected nan undercard of nan PFL's Battle of nan Giants arena successful Riyadh, which is headlined by heavyweight brace Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira.

Former Cage Warriors featherweight champion Hughes, 27, joined nan PFL earlier this twelvemonth earlier beating American Bobby King connected his debut successful June to widen his grounds to 12 wins and 1 defeat.

McKee, meanwhile, is simply a erstwhile Bellator featherweight title holder, pinch nan 29-year-old winning 22 of his 23 master bouts.

Ex-UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou is making his PFL debut aft a stint boxing which saw nan Cameroonian suffer defeats by Britons Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.

The 38-year-old is nan PFL's biggest prima pinch his conflict against Brazil's Ferreira launching nan promotion's caller pay-per-view Super Fight Division.

The co-main arena will besides characteristic Bellator featherweight champion Cris Cyborg against chap Brazilian and PFL featherweight title holder, Larissa Pacheco.