CHICAGO – Brendan Locknain thought his recent win was a clean one, so he was perplexed to see the controversy surrounding it.
The 2022 PFL featherweight champion earned a first-round TKO win over Pedro Carvalho in the co-main event of the 2024 PFL3 event on Friday. Many online criticized the stoppage as premature, as Carvalho (13-9), who had been stunned several times, appeared to be aiming for a takedown at the time of the stoppage. did. He too quickly stood up and seemed displeased with the call.
Loughnane (28-5) is confident the referee made the right decision.
“That was the best stop ever,” Loughnane said in the post-game interview. “There are three of us there, me, that referee, and Pedro. Pedro is done. Listen, we all want to get paid and go to our families. It was a great stop.”
People weren’t just criticizing the conference call online. Locknane received heavy boos from the Chicago crowd for his victory, which caught him completely by surprise.
“Honestly, I thought, ‘Are there 5,000 Pedro fans here?'” Loughnen said. “I couldn’t understand what the boos were about because it was a great interruption. I’m not kidding. I was there. I looked into his eyes. Pedro was done. It should have been stopped earlier. . Honestly, I don’t know what the boos meant. I stood up and it was over. It was a great stop.”
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