Brendan Loughnane has realized from errors made within the 2023 PFL common season.
Towards the chances, 2022 PFL featherweight champion Loughnane (28-5 MMA, 10-2 PFL) was knocked out of the 2023 playoffs by the eventual championship winner, Jesus Pinedo, and he desires to make sure it doesn’t occur once more.
On the heels of a controversial stoppage of Pedro Carvalho in his first bout of the season that at present has him sitting atop the featherweight standings with six factors, Loughnane is targeted on staying locked in. Whereas he’s in a superb place now, he doesn’t wish to expertise a repeat of final season, the place he discovered himself out of the PFL playoffs.
“Something may occur proper now,” Loughnane instructed MMA Junkie. “It was solely me and (Gabriel) Braga are the one two with finishes. I don’t understand how this factor goes to play out, however like final 12 months, I feel there was like a ten % likelihood that I couldn’t undergo (to the playoffs) even when I misplaced, and it occurred. So, once more, classes realized.”
Justin Gonzales will share the cage with Loughnane in the primary occasion of 2024 PFL 6 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. Each different featherweight on the cardboard will probably be trying to safe their spot within the playoffs, and a few, together with Gonzales (14-4 MMA, 0-1 PFL) who will enter with zero factors, want a first-round end.
Loughnane is conscious of what may occur however has vowed to not let lighting strike his playoff hopes twice. He says he has finished every thing correctly in coaching camp and has stayed wholesome. Now, it’s all about getting the job finished contained in the cage to achieve the playoffs to chase one other $1 million payday.
“I used to be on this similar place final 12 months and ended up getting knocked out,” Loughnane stated. “I took my eye off the ball earlier than I used to be already within the semis, so I’ll be ensuring to not make that mistake once more. I actually, actually realized from that have, and I’ve positively not took my foot off the pedal of the gasoline or my eye off the ball, so I’ve been trying ahead to getting in there.”
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