Loughnane vs Carvalho

Who won Loughnane vs Carvalho?

Brendan Loughnane beat Pedro Carvalho by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 3, on Friday 19th April 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

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 Carvalho stats

Brendan Loughnane stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Pedro Carvalho made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Pedro Carvalho will be making their debut in the PFL.

Brendan Loughnane's PFL record stood at 9-2-0.

The stats suggested Loughnane had a massive power advantage over Carvalho, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Carvalho's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Carvalho had a massive advantage over Loughnane, boasting a 46% submission rate over Loughnane's 4%.

Brendan Loughnane was the older man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Carvalho had a height advantage of 2 inches over Loughnane. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Loughnane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 2 months earlier than Carvalho, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 73 to Carvalho's 39.

Loughnane vs Carvalho 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 before 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.

Pedro Carvalho had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Aaron Pico at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator Dublin on 24th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mads Burnell at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin.

Before that, he had been defeated by Piotr Niedzielski at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had defeated Daniel Weichel at Bellator MMA on 5th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Brendan Loughnane had been fighting more than Pedro Carvalho.

Going to this contest, Brendan Loughnane had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 7 days ago, while Pedro Carvalho's last outing had been 7 months and 15 days ago.

Loughnane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Carvalho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Loughnane vs Carvalho?

Brendan Loughnane was a 1/6 (-670) favourite going into the contest, while Pedro Carvalho made his way into the ring at 18/5 (+410) with oddsmakers.