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Where do you think Paul Hughes ends up?
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Contender series and he loses to some no-name guy like Hardwick did.
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Can see them signing him outright and he debuts on the UFC Manchester card later in the year.
Sounds like he’s not interested in 10/10 and I think he has something from Bellator/PFL on the table. At same time not sure ufc will give him 30/30 or something given how they are set up.
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I think he wants UFC but for whatever reason they haven't signed him when he's been ready for at least a year and they even signed Charriere who Hughes already beat so I'm not sure what the deal is
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I have an unfortunate feeling PFL will offer far more than the UFC for Parnagoat.
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Why is everyone so high on this bloke? He lost two fights ago. He just beat a 30-8-1 nobody. Looking at his record, who has he actually beaten in the last couple of years who isn't bang average?
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He's not anywhere near the hottest free agent in MMA. Salahdine Parnasse has recently become a free agent, as has Baki Chamsoudinov, there's others too like Eduard Vartanyan, Khuseyn Shaykhaev, Austin Bashi etc.
Woah, Parnasse lost a competitive decision at 170lbs vs the KSW champ, Parnasse is a fucking Featherweight. Parnasse is only 26, he's 19-2 and a FW and LW KSW champ like Gamrot was. He's a huge, athletic 145er with quick, technia striking and surprisingly good wrestling who's shown he's able to go 5 rounds. Beating Buchinger, Daniel Torres, Rutkowski, Ruchala etc is a lot more than fucking Paul Hughes has ever done. Hughes is a great prospect and he's a Cage Warriors guy so he's cheap, so the UFC will probably sign him. Salahdine will cost 6 figures a fight to land so he will probably end up in the PFL or stay in KSW.
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Hughes is True
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Just animated, I'm good, I swear. Salahdine Parnasse I put right up there with AJ McKee as one of the best FWs outside the UFC. I know McKee is now a Lightweight and I think he's a much worse Lightweight , similarly Parnasse has been bouncing around and think he's a super star too. Adrian Bartosinski is a complete stud at 170lbs who beat Salahdine, another guy I really wish was in the UFC and has top 10 WW potential written all over him. The issue is the UFC doesn't want to pay for these guys and when they do, they're already out if their primes like 34 year old Chandler and 36 year old Page. Yet they pass up on elite guys because Western fans don't know them like Parnasse who's only 26 and Vartanyan for years now and he's still only 32. If only fans valued talent more the sport would be a lot better.
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He did lose but his loss was to Bartosinski who's an undefeated Welterweight champ in KSW who's 15-0 and had finished 12 fights in a row before he fought Parnasse. It was a competitive fight and Parnasse is really a natural featherweight and was already double champ.
In UFC terms it's like if Volk had beaten Islam and then challenged Leon Edwards.
Other loss was to Daniel Torres which was a flash KO which he's since avenged and has tightened up his defence since then.
In terms of wins when they were all up and coming in France he beat Charrierre and Gomis who are both in the UFC now and the likes of Rutkowski, Ruchala and Torres are all pretty good fighters.
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Fucking hell, this lad has got a rabid crazy fanbase! You all need to bloody calm down, like! Haha!
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lol I'm not trying to have a pop at you bro. I do think he's quite possibly a top 10 145er in the world though.
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It's like a bloody cult! Hahaha!
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Hughes just signed with Tim Simpson who for the most part only manages UFC fighters aside from Don Madge who had just gotten to the UFC when he signed. I think he’ll push for UFC for Hughes.
Parnasse is either going to PFL or staying with KSW. No way U Fight Cheap is offering him good contract.
Parnasse is either going to PFL or staying with KSW. No way U Fight Cheap is offering him good contract.
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He was on about $150k a fight there from what I heard.
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You asked why people were high on him and then got logical responses from like a whopping two people lol....
