BRENDAN LOUGHNANE will likely be hoping to do the double for England when he fights America’s Bubba Jenkins with $1milion at stake.
Loughnane is into the closing of the Skilled Fighters League 2022 season and faces Jenkins on Friday in New York.
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Not solely will the $1m prize cheque and featherweight title belt be on the road however so will bragging rights.
Manchester’s Loughnane, 32, will combat Jenkins, 34, simply hours after Gareth Southgate’s England tackle the USA within the Qatar World Cup.
It will likely be the Three Lions’ second group stage match, having kicked off their marketing campaign by beating Iran 6-2 4 days earlier.
So Loughnane will likely be hoping for back-to-back wins for England when he contends for the life-changing cheque.
He stated on the MMA Hour: “We have got Friday, USA versus England and me versus Bubba, might it have felt any higher?”
Loughnane will cheer on the Three Lions from the Massive Apple, earlier than hours later representing his nation within the cage.
He stated: “I am going to watch. Good timing.”
The PFL is MMA’s solely league format, consisting of a daily season and playoffs.
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Stars in every weight division have two qualifying bouts, the place factors are earned per technique of victory.
The highest 4 then progress into the knockout phases, leading to a finale combat between the final two.
Loughnane beat rival Chris Wade, 34, in August in London to e book his place within the winner-take-all showpiece.
Headlining on the Hulu Theatre is two-time Olympic champion Kayla Harrison, 32, searching for her THIRD $1m PFL cheque, towards Larissa Pacheco, 28.
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