The hardest check in MMA, the PFL Common Season has continued to get more durable because the merger of the Bellator roster and the injection of latest competitors has made the 2024 season even that rather more of a problem. Former PFL Featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane is witness to that very slogan coming true earlier than his eyes, and as he enters PFL 6 with six factors as the present prime seed, he’ll look to lock up the No. 1 seed with a powerful victory over Justin Gonzales.
Throughout his pre-fight assembly with the media on combat week, Loughnane was requested in regards to the challenges that await within the PFL Common Season and the way a lot it might imply to him to get a second world title below the PFL promotion. Not like different promotions the place a fighter can turn out to be champion and constantly defend his belt, yearly is a brand new 12 months for all fighters within the PFL, champions included, which implies the pursuit of a world title begins again at first every calendar 12 months.
“It’s the toughest competitors in fight sports activities, I inform all people that. So if I can do that twice, what sort of a person does that make me?”
Not seeking to bounce too far forward and decide to a future third pursuit of the PFL title, Loughnane says he couldn’t be happier along with his working relationship with the promotion, a joint collaboration that pays dividends for each.
“I believe it’s a joint collaboration, I like the PFL, I’ve been right here 5 years now. I’m one of many first individuals to return into this factor that’s nonetheless sticking round, 4 tournaments in. I believe my accolades converse for themselves, I’ve solely misplaced to 2 champions, I received one season, and misplaced to the opposite two winners so I believe that speaks for itself.”
An amazing celebrity to signify the PFL, Brendan Loughnane has not solely joined enterprise for himself contained in the SmartCage, however enterprise round him as he has taken discover to the corporate’s continued development world wide.
“I believe it’s nice. I’m actually pleased with this complete PFL European league factor, the truth that they’re going to MENA and all of that now. I’ve a variety of associates that I’ve at all times been telling PFL about and now they lastly get their alternative, $100,000 after which ultimately $1 million and the belt, I believe it’s superb the enlargement.”
With out hesitation Brendan Loughnane just isn’t solely an organization man, however a person that the PFL as an organization can get behind and use as the proper instance of what success seems like below their banner.
