The elimination of Brendan Loughnane from this year’s PFL season might’ve been a surprise to many but not to the man responsible for it, Jesus Pinedo.
Loughnane (26-5), the 2022 PFL featherweight champion, fell short in making the playoffs this year as he was stopped in the first round by Pinedo (21-6-1) in the main event of last week’s 2023 PFL 4 in Atlanta.
“I’ve said it many times, and I’ll say it again here: Ever since I signed with PFL, I came here to take the prize and be champion,” Pinedo told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “I didn’t come here just to see what happens or just try my luck. I’m aware that these are hard fights and that the rivals are difficult, but we’re at that level. We just proved it on Thursday. I felt like that first fight, we won it. For me, I’m not 1-1 in PFL; I’m 2-0.”
