Loughnane vs Moraes

When is Loughnane vs Moraes?

Brendan Loughnane will square off against Marlon Moraes in the main event of PFL 1, on Saturday 1st April 2023 at The Theater - Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The fight will take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which means the weight limit will be 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Loughnane vs Moraes stats

Brendan Loughnane steps into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Marlon Moraes will make his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 11 loses and 1 draw, with 10 of those wins by knock out and 6 by submission.

The stats suggest Loughnane has a slight advantage in power over Moraes, with a 52% knock out percentage over Moraes' 43%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Moraes will have a large advantage over Loughnane, boosting at 26% submission rate over Loughnane's 4%.

Brendan Loughnane is the younger man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Loughnane has a height advantage of 3 inches over Moraes. This also extends to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Loughnane is arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 year and 2 months later than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He has fought 1 more professional rounds, 70 to Moraes' 69.

Loughnane vs Moraes form

Loughnane has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight, he won against 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beat 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.

Before that, 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.

He had been beaten by 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.

Moraes has lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he Sheymon Moraes at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Rob Font at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Brendan Loughnane has been fighting more than Marlon Moraes.

Brendan Loughnane last fought 3 months and 25 days ago, while Marlon Moraes' last outing was 3 months and 25 days ago.

Loughnane's last 5 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 3 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Moraes' last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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