Gavin Hughes
UFC DebutNickname“Big Tasty”
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Liverpool, Merseyside
- Born
- England
- Camp
- Blackledge MMA
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Gavin Hughes makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
ModerateOpponents' combined record
136-106-1
.562 win rate
Winning-record opponents
7 of 9
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
16
9 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 16 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 6 sub · 1 decICE FC · Bellator · PFL · CW 178 · CW 152 +5
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Claudio Pacella | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFL | May 10, 2025 |
| W | Dean Trueman10-10 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 0:48 | CW 178 | Sep 21, 2024 |
| L | Chris Bungard22-11 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | CW 152 | Apr 15, 2023 |
| L | Yves Landu21-11 | KO/TKO | Knees and Body Kick | R1 | 3:01 | Bellator | May 6, 2022 |
| L | Daniele Scatizzi14-8 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:41 | Bellator | Sep 26, 2020 |
| W | Mohammad Yahya12-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 4:51 | Bellator | May 4, 2019 |
| L | Martin van Staden23-13 | KO/TKO | Knee and Punches | R2 | 0:20 | EFC 68 | Mar 31, 2018 |
| W | Deon Bruning4-1-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | EFC 65 | Nov 4, 2017 |
| W | Danny Nash | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 1:31 | TFC | May 12, 2017 |
| W | Joe Barnett | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:23 | Aeron MMA FC 1 | Apr 16, 2017 |
| W | Chris Bungard22-11 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 3:44 | ACB 47 | Oct 1, 2016 |
| W | Tom Pedreno | KO/TKO | Elbows | R1 | 0:00 | ICE FC | May 21, 2016 |
| W | Manuel Bernal | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:00 | ICE FC | Feb 20, 2016 |
| W | Alejandro Kratz-Ferrer | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:00 | ICE FC | Dec 5, 2015 |
| W | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 0:33 | ICE FC | Sep 12, 2015 | |
| W | David Stone | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:11 | ICE FC | Jul 25, 2015 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
Amateur
3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsShinobi War 4 · Shinobi War 3 · Shinobi MMA FC
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Birgir Orn Tomasson | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 3:00 | Shinobi War 4 | Mar 7, 2015 |
| W | Aaron McDonnell | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 2:46 | Shinobi War 3 | Sep 20, 2014 |
| W | John Spencer2-47 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:01 | Shinobi MMA FC | May 31, 2014 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.