Defending featherweight champion Brendan
Loughnane will lock horns with Jesus
Pinedo in the evening’s featured bout when Professional
Fighters League resumes its season on June 8.
The league announced the full lineup for the card, which features
featherweight and light heavyweights, on Wednesday. PFL 4 takes
place at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta and will also see
defending 205-pound champion Rob
Wilkinson take on Will Fleury
in the co-main event. The main card airs on ESPN and includes three
additional matchups: Thiago
Santos vs. Mohammad
Fakhreddine at light heavyweight; Movlid
Khaybulaev vs. Daniel
Torres at featherweight and Marthin
Hamlet vs. Sam Kei at
light heavyweight.
Loughnane began his 2023 campaign with a second-round technical
knockout victory against former UFC title challenger Marlon
Moraes at PFL 1 on April 1. The Englishman has won five
straight PFL appearances and 12 of his last 13 professional
outings.
A two-time UFC veteran, Pinedo dropped a split verdict to Gabriel
Braga at PFL 1. The 26-year-old Peru native had won his
previous four fights on the regional circuit by knockout or
technical knockout.
Multiple regular season pairings were also confirmed for the PFL 4
preliminary card, which airs on ESPN+: Joshua
Silveira vs. Delan Monte
at light heavyweight; Bubba
Jenkins vs. Sung Bin Jo
at featherweight; Krzysztof
Jotko vs. Ty Flores at
light heavyweight; Alejandro
Flores vs. Marlon
Moraes at featherweight and Chris Wade
vs. Ryoji Kudo
at featherweight.
Additionally, Abigail
Montes and Alexei
Pergande will face yet to be announced opponents in showcase
bouts on the preliminary draw. Brendan Loughnane vs Jesus Pinedo
Rob Wilkinson vs Will Fleury
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Brendan Loughnane, Jesus Pinedo Top PFL 4 Lineup in Atlanta on June 8