Highlights! Brendan Loughnane sweeps the leg, hands Marlon Moraes sixth straight stoppage loss | PFL 1 2023

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight title challenger, Marlon Moraes, suffered his sixth stoppage loss in a row at PFL 1 2023 tonight (Sat., April 1, 2023) inside The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Magic” ran into red-hot Brendan Loughnane — PFL’s 2022 Featherweight champion — who implemented a brutal gameplan of leg attacks to literally floor the Brazilian in the second round.

Watch the stoppage below:

In the first frame, Moraes found success with his offense; however, after eating several calf kicks, he was dropped twice and was saved by the bell. Between rounds, the cageside physician visited with Moraes and allowed him to continue ... but it didn’t last much longer.

Knowing he could take one or two more leg kicks, Moraes came out swinging to try and finish the fight, but he simply could not.

The loss to Loughnane is Moraes’ sixth straight. And while he wasn’t knocked unconscious this time, he was beaten by one of his best skills — leg kicks. On the other hand, Loughnane has won five straight, with his last two wins coming via technical knockout.

Moraes’ next opponent has not been named, but he has predicted he will face the last man to defeat him later on this year for $1 million — Movlid Khaybulaev — who was also victorious tonight (full results here).

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