Alan Philpott says “there is no place like dwelling” after being introduced to battle within the co-main occasion on the PFL Europe battle night time in Belfast on 10 Might.
Philpott, whose opponent is but to be introduced, will battle on the identical card as Paul Hughes at SSE Area.
The 32-year-old from Ballymena has an expert document of 21-16 and final fought in February, when he defeated Tomoya Hirakawa in Australia.
After coaching in Ballymena alongside Norman Parke, Greg Loughran and the UFC’s Rhys McKee, Philpott moved to Liverpool to work with Dean Garnett and has spent the final variety of years in Australia.
“Strolling out in Belfast on the MMA stage is a dream come true,” stated Philpott, whose most high-profile victory got here towards the UFC’s Nathaniel Wooden in 2016.
“You possibly can anticipate the efficiency of my life going into this battle. It has been 11 years since I fought again dwelling, so to get a chance to co-main at SSE Area, that is a dream come true.”
Hughes, whose opponent can also be nonetheless to be introduced, narrowly misplaced a majority choice to light-weight champion Usman Nurmagomedov in Dubai in February.
