Loughnane vs Pinedo

Who won Loughnane vs Pinedo?

Jesus Pinedo beat Brendan Loughnane by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of PFL 4, on Thursday 8th June 2023 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Loughnane vs Pinedo stats

Brendan Loughnane stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jesus Pinedo made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Brendan Loughnane's PFL record stood at 9-2-0, while Jesus Pinedo's came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Pinedo had a slight advantage in power over Loughnane, with a 55% knock out percentage over Loughnane's 54%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pinedo had an advantage over Loughnane, with a 20% submission rate over Loughnane's 4%.

Brendan Loughnane was the older man by 7 years, at 34 years old.

Pinedo had a height advantage of 3 inches over Loughnane. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Loughnane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years earlier than Pinedo, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 73 to Pinedo's 58.

Loughnane vs Pinedo form

Loughnane had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Marlon Moraes at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Bubba Jenkins at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Chris Wade at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he was victorious against Ago Huski at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He had won against Ryoji Kudo at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Activity check

Loughnane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Pinedo's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Loughnane vs Pinedo?

Brendan Loughnane was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Jesus Pinedo made his way into the ring at 21/5 (+420) with oddsmakers.