Loughnane vs Kudo

Who won Loughnane vs Kudo?

Brendan Loughnane beat Ryoji Kudo by during the main card of PFL 2022 #2, on Thursday 28th April 2022 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Brendan Loughnane.

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 Kudo stats

Brendan Loughnane stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Ryoji Kudo made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Brendan Loughnane's 15th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Brendan Loughnane's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Ryoji Kudo's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Loughnane had a slight advantage in power over Kudo, with a 57% knock out percentage over Kudo's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Loughnane had a slight advantage over Kudo, with a 5% submission rate over Kudo's 0%.

Brendan Loughnane was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Loughnane had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kudo.

Loughnane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 years and 3 months earlier than Kudo, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 46 more professional rounds, 84 to Kudo's 38.

Loughnane vs Kudo form

Kudo had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Bubba Jenkins at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Alejandro Flores at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had beaten Min Hyuk Lee at ONE Warrior Series 10 on 19th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in Singapore.

He had defeated Jerry Olsim at ONE Warrior Series 8 on 5th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bellesalle Shibuya Garden, Tokyo, Japan.

Activity check

Loughnane's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Kudo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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