Hughes to fight McKee on Ngannou-Ferreira undercard

Paul Hughes won the Cage Warriors featherweight title in 2022

Irishman Paul Hughes will fight American AJ McKee in Saudi Arabia on 19 October.

The lightweight bout features on the undercard of the PFL's Battle of the Giants event in Riyadh, which is headlined by heavyweight pair Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira.

Former Cage Warriors featherweight champion Hughes, 27, joined the PFL earlier this year before beating American Bobby King on his debut in June to extend his record to 12 wins and one defeat.

McKee, meanwhile, is a former Bellator featherweight title holder, with the 29-year-old winning 22 of his 23 professional bouts.

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

The 38-year-old is the PFL's biggest star with his fight against Brazil's Ferreira launching the promotion's new pay-per-view Super Fight Division.

The co-main event will also feature Bellator featherweight champion Cris Cyborg against fellow Brazilian and PFL featherweight title holder, Larissa Pacheco.