Brendan Loughnane is assured his sport plan will prevail towards Timur Khizriev.
Loughnane (30-5) takes on Khizriev (17-0) on Nov. 29 within the 2024 PFL Championship principal occasion at King Saud College Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The occasion streams on ESPN+.
Loughnane isn’t any stranger to dealing with completed grapplers. He beat Chris Wade and NCAA Division 1 wrestler Bubba Jenkins again to again to win the 2022 PFL featherweight championship.
“Hear, he’s going to attempt to take me down,” Loughnane informed MMA Junkie Radio. “We’re not beating across the bush right here. You’ve acquired a Dagestani vs. an English striker. Everyone knows what’s going to occur. Whoever can implement will probably be the PFL world champion in 2024.
“It ain’t no completely different to 2022. Bubba Jenkins coming in, wrestling, wrestling, wrestling. Guess what number of takedowns he acquired fellas? Zero. The battle earlier than that, Chris Wade, one other wrestler, guess what number of takedowns he acquired? Zero. Don’t be shocked if this man doesn’t take me down.”
Loughnane appears to be like ahead to the problem of changing into the primary to beat Khizriev however thinks he’s untested. He stated their strengths of schedule have been vastly completely different.
“I believe he’s the one stepping as much as that degree,” Loughnane stated of Khizriev. “When you have a look at our final 10 opponents, my degree’s are manner greater than his final 10 opponents. So, we don’t understand how good he truly is but, however we’ll discover out.”
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