Loughnane vs Jenkins

Who won Loughnane vs Jenkins?

Brendan Loughnane beat Bubba Jenkins by knockout in the 4th round during the co-main event of PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship, on Friday 25th November 2022 at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Loughnane vs Jenkins stats

Brendan Loughnane stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Bubba Jenkins made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Brendan Loughnane's PFL record stood at 9-2-0, while Bubba Jenkins' came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Loughnane had an advantage in power over Jenkins, with a 50% knock out percentage over Jenkins' 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jenkins had an advantage over Loughnane, with a 16% submission rate over Loughnane's 4%.

Brendan Loughnane was the younger man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Loughnane had a height advantage of 2 inches over Jenkins. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Loughnane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 5 months earlier than Jenkins, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 73 to Jenkins' 65.

Loughnane vs Jenkins form

Brendan Loughnane had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ryoji Kudo at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had lost to Movlid Khaybulaev at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

He was victorious against Tyler Diamond at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Bubba Jenkins had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ryoji Kudo at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Reinaldo Ekson at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kyle Bochniak at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had been beaten by Chris Wade at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

He was victorious against Bobby Moffett at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Brendan Loughnane had last fought 1 year, 8 months and 5 days ago, while Bubba Jenkins' last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 5 days ago.

Loughnane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Jenkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 29 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 Jenkins?

Brendan Loughnane was a 11/20 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Bubba Jenkins made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+190) with oddsmakers.