Loughnane vs Moraes

Who won Loughnane vs Moraes?

Brendan Loughnane beat Sheymon Moraes by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 2021 #1, on Friday 23rd April 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

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 Moraes stats

Brendan Loughnane stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Sheymon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

Brendan Loughnane's PFL record stood at 9-2-0, while Sheymon Moraes' came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Loughnane had a slight advantage in power over Moraes, with a 53% knock out percentage over Moraes' 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Loughnane had an advantage over Moraes, with a 11% submission rate over Moraes' 0%.

Brendan Loughnane was the older man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Loughnane had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moraes. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Loughnane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 73 to Moraes' 50.

Loughnane vs Moraes form

Loughnane had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jesus Pinedo at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Loughnane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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