Paul Hughes takes on Usman Nurmagomedov for the Bellator World lightweight title on Saturday night
Paul Hughes aims to celebrate becoming new Bellator World lightweight champion by sinking a few pints of Guinness. And if he beats champion Usman Nurmagomedov in Dubai on Saturday night, he will certainly have earned them.
Hughes said: "I am ready to go. I've had a great training camp. I have had a couple of years of preparing for five-round title fights, so I have been in this situation before. I have plenty of reps in the bank in preparing for a five-rounder. Boxing star Michael Conlan was a special guest at Hughes' media day at Fight Academy Ireland earlier this month.
"A lot of it is the mental game and how you handle the occasion, especially the closer you get to the fight. It is 100 per cent a mental game." "Some of it was crazy. I don't even know. Everything has moved so fast. But I am glad it is moving fast because I want to get a move on. "As soon as I put that pressure on him, he will do what he knows. When it's fight or flight he will revert back to what he knows."Top win this title, it would win a lot. I have already won a world title so I am a world champion. I see this as my second world title in my second weight class.
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