2024 PFL Championships: King Saud College Stadium; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
It got here near working the desk with all finishes on the evening. However what stopped that was the guts of the 2022 featherweight champion, Brendan Loughnane. However in making it to the decide’s scorecards, the choice had been all however introduced. He dropped the unanimous determination (50-45, 49-46 2x) to Timur Khizriev. His 14th whole and seventh in a row. With the ultimate tally of the Russians in command of the evening taking 4 of six titles, three coming from Dagestan.
The now 18-0, 29-year previous, gave credit score to Loughnane saying:
“Hats off to him, he’s a really robust dude”.
He used five-takedowns and superior grappling to smother the Englishman. However what set that up was his quick pin-point jabs, and uppercuts to maintain the tempo excessive. Proof of that’s within the numbers as he outstruck him 98-161 to 76-115. Though Loughnane’s face was a complete mess he wasn’t going to go quietly into the darkish. He valiantly fought again regardless of what seemed to be a broken again leg, slowing down any motion out of the striker.
What additionally damage Loughnane was making an attempt ailing conceived spinning again kicks. Particularly in opposition to somebody that was making use of stress from the getgo. It additionally as soon as once more goes into the class of Loughnane’s actual kryptonite, having issues with grapplers. Particularly these with tremendous cardio. Outdoors of the fourth spherical, it was a very dominant battle.
Regardless of being taken down as a lot as he was, Loughnane did handle to tug one thing good. He nonetheless has but to be submitted. Though there was no huge hazard in that taking place right here as Khizriev struck him on the bottom with the now authorized elbows within the PFL.
Russians In Management Of The Firm’s Future
Transferring ahead there’s a push by many of the now unemployed former Bellator fighters to be introduced in. A good quantity are from Russia (and Brazilians too). So it would get that a lot tougher to acquire a PFL strap and one million {dollars}.
The opposite scraps noticed:
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov finish the sunshine heavyweight reign of Impa Kasanganay by a first-round hearth battle. Shamil Musaev knocking out Magomed Umalatov. Dakota Ditcheva making mild work of Taila Santos. Gadzhi Rabadanov flatlining former Bellator champion Brent Primus. And it began with the fifth time being the attraction for Denis Goltsov as he put TEAM-FEDOR pupil Oleg Popov to sleep within the opening spherical.
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