Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-04-01, pretty good mma bout: Brendan Loughnane vs Marlon Moraes gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Moraes vs Loughnane is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 1st, at the The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg) bout; it is the main event of ‘PFL 1: 2023 Regular Season’. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Brendan Loughnane record
The 2022 PFL Fw tournament champion Brendan Loughnane entered this fight with a professional mma record of 25-4-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 featherweight in the world.
He lost to Movlid Khaybulaev in 2021 (via split decision), but then he has won four bouts defeating Chris Wade and Bubba Jenkins in his last two (Brendan Loughnane vs Bubba Jenkins).
Marlon Moraes record
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former Wsof Bw champ Marlon Moraes, has an official record of 23-11-1 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.97 in the featherweight division.
The last time he won a match was against Jose Aldo in 2019 (Marlon Moraes vs Jose Aldo), since then he has lost five consecutive bouts, the last three with Merab Dvalishvili (Marlon Moraes vs Merab Dvalishvili), Yadong Song (Marlon Moraes vs Yadong Song) and Sheymon Moraes.
Fight card
Here is the PFL 1 2023 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Brendan Loughnane vs Marlon Moraes
Thiago Santos vs Rob Wilkinson
Krzysztof Jotko vs Will Fleury
Ryoji Kudo vs Movlid Khaybulaev
Chris Wade vs Bubba Jenkins
PRELIMINARY CARD
Marthin Hamlet vs Mohammad Fakhreddine
Joshua Silveria vs Sam Kei
Daniel Torres vs Alejandro Flores Garcia
Gabriel Alves Braga vs Jesus Pinedo
Delan Monte vs Ty Flores
Cory Hendricks vs Impa Kasanganay
Weigh-in
Watch the video of PFL 1 2023: Loughnane vs Moraes weigh-in from the official PFL MMA Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Brendan Loughnane vs Marlon Moraes as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Result
Who won Loughnane vs Moraes fight?
Brendan Loughnane defeated Marlon Moraes via TKO at 1:11, round 2.
