Brendan Loughnane is assured his recreation plan will prevail towards Timur Khizriev.
Loughnane (30-5) takes on Khizriev (17-0) on Nov. 29 within the 2024 PFL Championship important 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.
“Pay attention, he’s going to attempt to take me down,” Loughnane instructed MMA Junkie Radio. “We’re not beating across the bush right here. You’ve bought 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 totally different to 2022. Bubba Jenkins coming in, wrestling, wrestling, wrestling. Guess what number of takedowns he bought fellas? Zero. The struggle earlier than that, Chris Wade, one other wrestler, guess what number of takedowns he bought? Zero. Don’t be stunned if this man doesn’t take me down.”
Loughnane seems to be ahead to the problem of changing into the primary to beat Khizriev however thinks he’s untested. He mentioned their strengths of schedule have been vastly totally different.
“I believe he’s the one stepping as much as that stage,” Loughnane mentioned of Khizriev. “If you happen to take a look at our final 10 opponents, my stage’s are means larger than his final 10 opponents. So, we don’t know the way good he truly is but, however we’ll discover out.”
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