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Gavin Hughes

14-10 · Lightweight · Professional Fighters League

GLOBAL RATING40.2Evidence 81%#367 indexed Lightweight
SCOUT SCORE21.1#3629 current pool · #115 Lightweight

Scouting interest, not current strength.

Global Rating measures opponent-adjusted ability. Scout Score asks how interesting this fighter is to scout right now. Evidence 81% is shown separately and does not add points.

Age-adjusted18.3Trajectory28.7Vs expectation27.1Activity58.9
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Global Skill45.8

Chronological fight-graph strength.

Résumé52.8

Quality and breadth of proven wins.

Schedule49.8

Strength of opponents actually faced.

Recent Form27.1

Recent results versus expectation.

Finishing53.0

Quality-adjusted finishing production.

RECRUITING INTELLIGENCE

Recruiting file

ManagementUnknown
ContractUnknown
Open toNot publicly verified
VERIFICATION

What we actually know

Missing public evidence stays unknown. MMA Scouts never labels a fighter unmanaged or a free agent just because no contract or agency record was found.

CONTRACT & REPRESENTATION INTELLIGENCE

What is publicly known

Current contract status: Unknown. Public MMA contract reporting is often incomplete, so MMA Scouts separates reported facts from unknown terms and links every published claim to its evidence.

Contract file

No public contract terms verified yet.

MMA Scouts has not found enough public evidence to publish a deal length, remaining fights, expiration or free-agency date for this fighter. That does not mean no contract exists.

Representation file

Representation is not publicly verified.

No management record is treated as unknown—not unmanaged.

Evidence rule: release or contract expiration with one promotion does not automatically mean global free agency. Exact expirations, remaining fights, purse terms and unmanaged/free-agent labels appear only when a public source explicitly supports them.

TRAINING CAMP INTELLIGENCE

Where this fighter trains

Camp affiliation is published only when public evidence supports it, and dated to when the affiliation actually changed.

Camp file

Training camp is not publicly verified.

No camp record is treated as unknown—not campless.

COACH INTELLIGENCE

Who leads this fighter's corner

Coach affiliation is published only when public evidence supports it, and is tracked separately from training camp -- a fighter can change one without the other.

No publicly verified head coach.

No coach record is treated as unknown, not coachless.

INJURY & AVAILABILITY

Withdrawal and injury history

Published only when a promotion, fighter, camp or reputable outlet has publicly disclosed it.

No publicly reported injury or withdrawal history.

No record is treated as unknown, not a clean bill of health -- only publicly documented events are shown here.

PROFILE

Scouting file

Age38
Height178 cm
NationalityEngland
GymBlackledge MMA
Career spanJul 25, 2015 – May 10, 2025
Organizations10
Title fights0 wins / 0 bouts
Finishes4 KO/TKO · 9 SUB
Avg finish round0.0
DurabilityNever finished
Data completeness85%
BEST PROVEN WINS

Résumé anchors

Opponent values are the opponent's rating state before that fight, not hindsight credit.

Mohammad YahyaMay 4, 2019 · FinishOpp. 1525
Mohammad YahyaMay 4, 2019 · FinishOpp. 1510
Chris BungardOct 1, 2016 · FinishOpp. 1496
Chris BungardOct 1, 2016 · FinishOpp. 1481
Dean TruemanSep 21, 2024 · FinishOpp. 1460
RECENT HISTORY

Last 20 fights

LClaudio PacellaMay 10, 2025 · pfl · LightweightDecision
LClaudio PacellaMay 10, 2025 · professionalDecision
WDean TruemanSep 21, 2024 · cagewarriors · LightweightSubmission
WDean TruemanSep 21, 2024 · cagewarriorsSubmission
LMaxwell Djantou NanaMay 20, 2023 · cagedTKO
LChris BungardApr 15, 2023 · cagewarriorsDecision
LChris BungardApr 15, 2023 · cagewarriors · LightweightDecision
LYves LanduMay 6, 2022 · bellatorTKO
LYves LanduMay 6, 2022 · bellator · LightweightTKO
LDaniele ScatizziSep 26, 2020 · bellator · LightweightSubmission
LDaniele ScatizziSep 26, 2020 · bellatorSubmission
WMohammad YahyaMay 4, 2019 · bellatorSubmission
WMohammad YahyaMay 4, 2019 · bellator · LightweightSubmission
LMartin van StadenMar 31, 2018 · efcTKO
WDeon BruningNov 4, 2017 · efcDecision
WDanny NashMay 12, 2017 · tfcTKO
WJoe BarnettApr 16, 2017 · aeronTKO
WChris BungardOct 1, 2016 · aca · LightweightSubmission
WChris BungardOct 1, 2016 · acaSubmission
WTom PedrenoMay 21, 2016 · iceTKO
CAREER PATH

Promotion history

professionalMay 10, 2025 – May 10, 20250-1
pflMay 10, 2025 – May 10, 20250-1
cagewarriorsApr 15, 2023 – Sep 21, 20242-2
cagedMay 20, 2023 – May 20, 20230-1
bellatorMay 4, 2019 – May 6, 20222-4
efcNov 4, 2017 – Mar 31, 20181-1
tfcMay 12, 2017 – May 12, 20171-0
aeronApr 16, 2017 – Apr 16, 20171-0
acaOct 1, 2016 – Oct 1, 20162-0
iceJul 25, 2015 – May 21, 20165-0
How this rating works

Global Scout Rating uses the same fight-graph rules for every promotion. A logo does not add points. Beating strong fighters, facing strong schedules, outperforming expectation and building credible evidence does.

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INTELLIGENCE COVERAGE

Professional intel file

8 of 17 core scouting fields currently resolved · 47.1% coverage. Missing evidence stays unknown.

ManagementUnknown
ContractUnknown
Gym / teamBlackledge MMA
Professional baseUnknown
Fight availabilityUnknown
Open to managementUnknown
Open to teamsUnknown
Open intelligence gapsReachStanceManagementContractFight availabilityManagement availabilityTeam availabilityProfessional baseProfessional contact
SOURCE-BACKED INTEL

Verified context

No external professional-source facts have been attached yet. Warehouse scouting data remains available above.

CAREER INTELLIGENCE

Movement timeline

Promotion move: professionalMay 10, 2025 · Recorded bout after cagewarriorsStrong source
Promotion move: pflMay 10, 2025 · Recorded bout after professionalStrong source
Promotion move: cagewarriorsSep 21, 2024 · Recorded bout after cagedStrong source
Promotion move: cagedMay 20, 2023 · Recorded bout after cagewarriorsStrong source
Promotion move: cagewarriorsApr 15, 2023 · Recorded bout after bellatorStrong source
Promotion move: bellatorMay 4, 2019 · Recorded bout after efcStrong source
Promotion move: efcNov 4, 2017 · Recorded bout after tfcStrong source
Promotion move: tfcMay 12, 2017 · Recorded bout after aeronStrong source
Promotion move: aeronApr 16, 2017 · Recorded bout after acaStrong source
Promotion move: acaOct 1, 2016 · Recorded bout after iceStrong source
INTEL POLICY

What MMA Scouts will and won't claim

Official promotion, management, team, fighter, commission and verified-profile sources take priority. Credible reporting can supplement them. We do not infer free agency, lack of management, availability or a team departure from missing data, and we do not publish private phone numbers, street/home addresses, exact residential locations or private email addresses.