“I was devastated it ended that way,” Hughes said on social media. “Thought I was doing okay, following the plan, move, because I knew we were up against it being at the weight above, felt okay and I think it was four or five punches that changed the fight. The swelling has come from underneath, lost my balance a little bit, got caught in the ear, my ear’s popped… We rolled the dice, and it didn’t pay off. We gambled and it didn’t pay off.”
