UFC hopeful Paul Hughes bludgeons opponent at Cage Warriors 170

Paul Hughes continues to do all the pieces he can so the UFC comes calling.

Saturday at Cage Warriors 170 in Dublin, Eire’s Hughes (11-1) thrilled his house nation crowd with one other scintilating first-round TKO – this time, over skilled veteran Fabiano Silva (34-16-1).

The stoppage got here on the 4:37 mark of Spherical 1 and started with an enormous flying knee. One other knee was adopted by punches, then arduous ground-and-pound elbows till the referee jumped in.

Silva was Hughes’ third opponent for this occasion and stepped in on lower than one week’s discover.

Paul Hughes would not let his opponent out of the primary spherical! A HUGE TKO win from the Irishman at #CW170 🇮🇪

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— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) April 6, 2024

European MMA followers and consultants alike have been hankering for Hughes to obtain the UFC name. Time will solely inform if the promotion lastly thinks it’s time to onboard Hughes, who’s now a free agent.

Hughes, 26, has gained 5 fights in a row. The one lack of his profession got here by break up resolution in opposition to Jordan Vucenic, whom he defeated in a rematch about two years later. In 11 professional fights, Hughes has eight finishes with 5 TKOs and three submissions.