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 in favor of the 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 losses 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, 0 losses, and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Brendan Loughnane's 15th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Movlid Khaybulaev marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Brendan Loughnane's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Movlid Khaybulaev's came in at 9-0-1.

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 older man by 1 year, at 35 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 27 more professional rounds, 84 to Khaybulaev's 57.

Loughnane vs Khaybulaev form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had 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 beaten 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 defeated 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 was victorious against Ryoji Kudo at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

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.

Activity check

Loughnane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Khaybulaev's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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