Chicago – PFL featherweight Pedro Carvalho isn’t intimidated by the fact that his opponent at PFL 3 Regular Season 2024 on Friday night, Brendan Loughnane, has already held a PFL title.
“You say former champion. That’s a name title you know. How many former champions, how many champions, did I face before,” Carvalho told Cageside Press on Wednesday
“(You can see) on my record back to back I face world-class guys, but Brendan is one of them. That’s one of the fights that I wanted that’s a fight that I got so it (gets) me very excited.”
Carvalho (13-8) brings the fight to his opponent, but in Loughnane he gets someone who isn’t afraid to mix it up in the smart cage.
“(He’s) very similar to me when it comes to fighting style. I’m going to have a great fight with him, and it won’t be boring at all. So yeah I’m buzzing, but my focus is in winning and getting (the) job done, and that’s what’s going to happen this Friday,” he said.
If fighting a former champion in the smart cage wasn’t enough Carvalho gets to check off another city off his list as he makes his first trip to Chicago.
“It’s amazing. Chicago has been in my bucket list to visit. When I hear that I was going to Chicago to fight I was like ah that’s a win-win,” he said.
“I’m doing what I love and I’m visiting a place that I always wanted to visit. So far it’s been amazing.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Pedro Carvalho above. He takes on Brendan Loughnane at PFL 3: Regular Season 2024 on Friday night.
