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 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 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.

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.