2022 PFL featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane is ready to get the new season started, and hopes he faces some new names on his path to becoming a two-time champion.
Loughnane (26-4 MMA, 8-1 PFL) starts his regular season run against Marlon Moraes in the main event of 2023 PFL 1 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. It’s a matchup that excites Loughnane, because Moraes is a new name on his resume, and one that fans recognize. Even though his division is filled will tough opponents from top to bottom, Loughnane doesn’t want to spend his entire year re-hashing his 2022 campaign.
“I think featherweight’s the most stacked. It was last year,” Loughnane told MMA Junkie Radio. “This year, I think they only signed two guys. … I would have been happy if they got a few more, to be honest. I don’t want to have a season of rematches. I really don’t, because I’ve beat (Ryoji) Kudo, I beat (Chris) Wade, I beat Bubba (Jenkins), beat Sheymon (Moraes)– like, I don’t really want to do that.
