Loughnane vs Khaybulaev

Who won Loughnane vs Khaybulaev?

Movlid Khaybulaev beat Brendan Loughnane by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2021 #9, on Friday 27th August 2021 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Movlid Khaybulaev.

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 Khaybulaev stats

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

Movlid Khaybulaev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 15 wins and 1 draw, with 6 of those by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Loughnane had an advantage in power over Khaybulaev, with a 53% knock out percentage over Khaybulaev's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Khaybulaev had a slight advantage over Loughnane, with a 13% submission rate over Loughnane's 11%.

Brendan Loughnane was the same age as Movlid Khaybulaev, at 33 years old.

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

Loughnane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Khaybulaev, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 73 to Khaybulaev's 51.

Loughnane vs Khaybulaev form

Khaybulaev remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Ryoji Kudo at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Chris Wade at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, he had won against Lance Palmer at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had beat Lazar Stojadinovic at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Loughnane's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Khaybulaev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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