Brendan Loughnane would be interested in pitting himself against the top fighters in Bellator amid reports that PFL are interested in purchasing their rival promotion.
The PFL featherweight champion is one fight into this year's season, and will seek to lock in a spot in his second consecutive playoff with a win over UFC veteran Jesus Pinedo on June 8 in Atlanta. He is currently atop the leaderboard after a second round knockout in his last outing against Marlon Moraes, and fancies legacy fights once he is finished with this year.
Manchester native Loughnane is in an elite group of world champions at 145lb that includes pound-for-pound greats across Bellator and the UFC in Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire and Alexander Volkanovski. But he is confident he could hold his own in a bout with either, and amid swirling discussion over a merger between Bellator and PFL feels a Pitbull fight may be possible next year.
