Loughnane 'better than ever' before PFL semi-final

Manchester's Brendan Loughnane says he is "not slowing down for anyone" arsenic he bids to book his spot successful nan 2024 PFL featherweight last connected Friday successful Washington DC.

Loughnane won nan 2022 tournament to go nan PFL's first British champion and faces Kai Kamaka III successful nan semi-finals of this year's series.

The 34-year-old won $1m (then £840,000) alongside nan world title successful 2022 and competes successful his 35th pro conflict against 29-year-old Kamaka.

Loughnane admitted successful an question and reply pinch MMA Junkie, external successful conflict week he was successful nan "twilight of his career" but moved to disregard nan thought he was slowing down.

"I'm proceeding worldly for illustration twilight and [about] ages, I'm looking amended than ever," Loughnane said aft making weight for nan featherweight bout.

"Twilight [of my career]? I'll show everyone what twilight is. I can't wait."

Loughnane is vastly much knowledgeable than Hawaiian Kamaka, who has a grounds of 14 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw.

The Briton almost has much stoppages (17) than Kamaka has fights (20) and says his past 2 wins complete Justin Gonzales and Pedro Carvalho were "two profession champion performances".

Should Loughnane hit Kamaka he will subordinate English flyweight Dakota Ditcheva successful nan PFL finals successful November.

Ditcheva, 26, has bulldozed her measurement into nan finals pinch 3 successive stoppages successful her first play connected nan PFL's American season.

Ditcheva tin go Great Britain's first female MMA world champion pinch victory, while Loughnane is aiming to go England's first two-time PFL champion.