Check out these photos from Paul Hughes' unanimous decision victory over A.J. McKee at PFL: Battle of the Giants at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photos courtesy of PFL MMA)

Paul Hughes’ striking proved to be too much for A.J. McKee in the main card opener of PFL: Battle of the Giants.

PFL Super Fights kicks off with a fight between AJ McKee Jr. and Paul Highes Check out our PFL pick for McKee-Hughes prediction.

MMA KO's Drew Beaupré spoke to former Bellator Featherweight Champion AJ McKee ahead of his fight with Paul Hughes at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A.J. McKee believes there’s a lot riding on his next fight. The former Bellator featherweight champion is confident a win over Paul Hughes at Saturday’s PFL: Battle of the Giants will get him a crack at the belt at 155 pounds, a title currently held by Usman Nurmagomedov.

How many punches do you think you can throw in three minutes? “Go to work! Come on! Push, push, push!” With the time variable set at 180 seconds, peppering a heavy bag as fast as you can? “Rrrrrrrrrapapapapa!

Battle of the giants kicked off with a huge lightweight matchup between AJ McKee and Paul Hughes. One of the PFL's highest-profile free agent acquisitions during the last year, Hughes debuted in the co-main event of Bellator Champions Series: Dublin in June and stopped Bobby King in the second round.

Paul Hughes called his shot with a split decision win over AJ McKee and now he’s looking for Bellator gold after calling out Usman Nurmagomedov.