Exclusive: Gadzhi Rabadanov reveals why he decided to take part in the PFL lightweights tournament

DAZN News spoke to the Dagestani and he explained why he wanted to continue.

"I don't want to stop," he said. "This is not the best of my career. I think I can do more than one tournament. I feel I can be a champion again, and that's it.

"I feel now, right now, this is my time."

First up for the 31-year-old is Marc Diakese, a former UFC fighter.

"This is my prime time," Rabadanov said. "I think right now, I am one of the best lightweights in the world. I believe that."

After losing to Usman Nurmagomedov, Paul Hughes will face Bruno Miranda at the PFL in Belfast in May and Mansour Barnaoui will face Archie Colgan in Paris that same month. With two big fights among lightweights next month, Rabadanov has returned to take one of the winners. 

"Maybe. Why not?" he said. "I want to stay busy. In the PFL right now, we have a lot of tough lightweight fighters outside of the tournament. We will do this."

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