Loughran vs Pacheco

Who won Loughran vs Pacheco?

Caolan Loughran beat Angel Pacheco by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 30th March 2024 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Caolan Loughran.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Loughran vs Pacheco stats

Caolan Loughran stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Angel Pacheco made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Caolan Loughran's UFC record stood at 1-1-0, while Angel Pacheco's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Pacheco had a slight advantage in power over Loughran, with a 71% knock out percentage over Loughran's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pacheco had a slight advantage over Loughran, with a 29% submission rate over Loughran's 25%.

Caolan Loughran was the younger man by 32 years, at years old.

Loughran's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Pacheco's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2019, 6 years and 2 months later than Pacheco, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 20 to Pacheco's 19.

Loughran vs Pacheco form

Caolan Loughran had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Taylor Lapilus at UFC Fight Night Paris – Gane vs. Spivac on 2nd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had won against Dylan Hazan at Cage Warriors 154 on 6th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Luke Shanks at Cage Warriors 145 on 4th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Festus Ahorlu at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at SSE Arena, Belfast.

He was victorious against Bakhtyaar Oryakhail at Cage Warriors 135 on 1st April 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Loughran's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Loughran vs Pacheco?

Caolan Loughran was a 11/50 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Angel Pacheco made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.