Friday's PFL featherweight semifinal between Brendan Loughnane and Movlid Khaybulaev isn't a $1 million fight, but it has a championship feeling to it.
Loughnane is eager to sweep his infamous appearance on Dana White's Contender Series in 2019, in which he won but didn't close out the fight seeking a finish, into the footnotes of his career with a PFL championship victory. He has won both of his fights in the PFL regular season, opening with a quick knockout of UFC veteran Sheymon Moraes in April, and locked up the No.