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.

This was Brendan Loughnane's 15th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Pedro Carvalho marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Brendan Loughnane's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Pedro Carvalho's came in at 0-2-0.

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 35 years old.

Carvalho had a height advantage of 2 inches over Loughnane. Despite this, he had a 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 41 more professional rounds, 84 to Carvalho's 43.

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.

Pedro Carvalho had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Aaron Pico at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator Dublin on 24th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Mads Burnell at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin.

Before that, he had lost to Piotr Niedzielski at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had beaten Daniel Weichel at Bellator MMA on 5th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Brendan Loughnane had last fought 1 year, 6 months and 23 days ago, while Pedro Carvalho's last outing had been 1 year, 3 months and 8 days ago.

Loughnane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Carvalho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 18 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.