Paul Hughes (14-3, 10) was born in Sydney, Australia on March 27, 1997. At the age of 19 years on February 24, 2017, he made his professional MMA debut against Adam Gustab, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
Hughes' last fight was a lightweight title fight against Usman Nurmagomedov for Nurmagomedov's PFL World Championship title on October 3, 2025. He lost the fight via 5-round unanimous decision. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
Some of Paul Hughes' best fights have been against Bobby King, Bruno Miranda, A. J. McKee, Fabiano Silva and Adam Gustab. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Paul Hughes".
Hughes has 3 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Paul Hughes Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17  | Oct 3, 2025 28 years, 6 months 14-3 (10) | 27 years, 5 months 19-0 (14) | PFL | LT | 5 | UD | Loss For PFL World lightweight title |
16 | May 10, 2025 28 years, 1 months 14-2 (10) | Bruno Miranda | PFL | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
15 | Jan 25, 2025 27 years, 9 months 13-2 (9) | 26 years, 9 months 18-0 (14) | PFL | LT | 5 | MD | Loss For Bellator World lightweight title |
14  | Oct 19, 2024 27 years, 6 months 13-1 (9) | 29 years, 6 months 22-1 (12) | PFL | LT | 3 | SD | Win |
13 | Jun 22, 2024 27 years, 2 months 12-1 (9) | Bobby King | Bellator | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches and elbows |
12 | Apr 6, 2024 27 years 11-1 (8) | Fabiano Silva | CW | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Knee and elbows |
11 | Oct 14, 2023 26 years, 6 months 10-1 (7) | Jan Quaeyhaegens | CW | LT | 1 | KO | Win Punches |
10 | Nov 4, 2022 25 years, 7 months 9-1 (6) | Jordan Vucenic | CW | FT | 5 | UD | Win Won Cage Warriors featherweight title |
9 | Oct 1, 2021 24 years, 6 months 8-1 (6) | Morgan Charrière | CW | FT | 5 | MD | Win Won Cage Warriors featherweight title Interim |
8 | Mar 18, 2021 23 years, 11 months 7-1 (6) | James Hendin | CW | FT | 3 | UD | Win |
7 | Dec 12, 2020 23 years, 8 months 6-1 (6) | Jordan Vucenic | CW | FT | 3 | SD | Loss |
6 | Aug 11, 2020 23 years, 4 months 6-0 (6) | Aidan Stephen | CW | FT | 3 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
5 | Mar 7, 2020 22 years, 11 months 5-0 (5) | Youri Panada | CW | LT | 2 | KO | Win Head kick |
4 | Oct 26, 2019 22 years, 6 months 4-0 (4) | Kalifa Seydi | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
3 | Sep 6, 2019 22 years, 5 months 3-0 (3) | Mateusz Makarowski | CW | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
2 | Mar 9, 2019 21 years, 11 months 2-0 (2) | Stephen O'Neill | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
1 | Feb 24, 2017 19 years, 10 months 1-0 (1) | Adam Gustab | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
