By The Numbers: Brendan Loughnane vs. Timur Khizriev

A seven-figure payday will provide all the necessary motivation when the Professional Fighters League featherweight final between Brendan Loughnane and Timur Khizriev headlines the PFL 2024 Season Championships on Nov. 29 at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Loughnane enters the cage on a three-fight winning streak. He qualified for the 145-pound final by besting Pedro Carvalho, Justin Gonzales and Kai Kamaka III in succession. Loughnane was a PFL champion in 2022. Khizriev, meanwhile, has compiled a perfect 17-0 record as a pro. He punched his ticket to the featherweight final by outdueling Brett Johns, Enrique Barzola and Gabriel Braga in back-to-back-to-back appearances. Khizriev has gone the distance in each of his last six outings.

As Loughnane and Khizriev move ever closer to their high-stakes showdown in the Middle East, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

34: Years of age for Loughnane, who was born on Dec. 5, 1989 in Manchester, England.

16: Loughnane wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 55% of his career total (29). He owns one other win by submission (3%) and 12 more by decision (42%).

79: Rounds started by Loughnane as a professional mixed martial artist. He has involved the judges on 16 different occasions and carries a 12-4 record in those bouts.

1: Sub-minute stoppage on the Loughnane resume. He struck Dave Straughton into submission a mere 51 seconds into their encounter at a Cage Conflict show on Feb. 26, 2011.

183: Combined victories between the 12 men—Kamaka, Gonzales, Carvalho, Bubba Jenkins, Marlon Moraes, Sheymon Moraes, Chris Wade, Ago Huskic, Ryoji Kudo, Tyler Diamond, David Alex Duarte and Matt Wagy—Loughnane has beaten in the PFL. They sport a .664 cumulative winning percentage at 183-92-3.

28: Years of age for Khizriev, who was born in Makhachkala, Russia, on Nov. 19, 1995.

13: Khizriev victories by decision, accounting for 76% of his career total (17). He holds one other victory by submission (6%) and three more by knockout or technical knockout (18%).

129: Seconds needed for Khizriev to put away Martiros Grigoryan with a head kick and follow-up punches under the Fight Nights Global banner on Sept. 4, 2017. More than seven years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.

3: Countries in which Khizriev has plied his mixed martial arts trade. In addition to a 10-0 record in his native Russia, he has gone 6-0 in the United States and 1-0 in China.

.767: Cumulative winning percentage between the three men—Braga, Barzola and Johns—Khizriev has defeated in the PFL. They boast a combined record of 55-16-2.