PFL 4: Loughnane vs. Pinedo is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that will take place on June 8, 2023, at the Overtime Elite Arena in, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. This will mark the fourth regular-season event of the tournament and included fights in the Featherweight and Light Heavyweight divisions.
Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Featherweight Brendan Loughnane vs. Jesus Pinedo
Featherweight Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Tyler Diamond
Light Heavyweight Marthin Hamlet vs. Sam Kei
Featherweight Bubba Jenkins vs. Sung Bin Jo
Light Heavyweight Josh Silveira vs. Delan Monte
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Featherweight Gabriel Alves Braga vs. Marlon Moraes
Light Heavyweight Daniel Spohn vs. Ty Flores
Featherweight Chris Wade vs. Ryoji Kudo
Light Heavyweight Impa Kasanganay vs. Tim Caron
Light Heavyweight Andrew Sanchez vs. Taylor Johnson
Women's Featherweight Abigail Montes vs. Brandy Hester
Featherweight Alexei Pergande vs. Akeem Bashir
Background
The 2023 PFL regular season continues on June 8, featuring featherweight and light heavyweight matches. After the first three events in Las Vegas, the series moves to Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, with live broadcasts on ESPN and ESPN+.
In the main event, 2022 featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane faces Jesus Pinedo. Loughnane started the 2023 season with a victory over Marlon Moraes, while Pinedo lost a close match to Gabriel Braga. Loughnane leads the featherweight standings with 5 points.
The co-main event, in the light heavyweight division, was to have 2022 champion Rob Wilkinson going against Will Fleury. Wilkinson won his first match of the season against former UFC title challenger Thiago Santos, while Fleury defeated Krzysztof Jotko.
However, a bevy of failed drug tests changed this card as nine PFL fighters were suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission included former UFC title challenger Thiago Santos, former PFL heavyweight champion Bruno Cappelozza, Krzystof Jotko, Rizvan Kuniev, Mohammed Fakhreddine, Cezar Ferreira, Will Fleury, Alejandro Flores, and Daniel Torres. In light of the recent suspensions, Ty Flores stepped in for Will Fleury to fight Rob Wilkinson in a light heavyweight match, but Wilkinson subsequently failed a drug test and was replaced by Dan Spohn; Tyler Diamond replaced Daniel Torres against Movlid Khaybulaev in a featherweight bout; Gabriel Braga replaced Alejandro Flores to fight Marlon Moraes in another featherweight bout; Taylor Johnson and UFC veteran Andrew Sanchez joined the light heavyweight season to replace the suspended fighters and will face each other; Impa Kasanganay and Tim Caron, new additions to the light heavyweight season, will also compete against each other; and a scheduled feature fight between Thiago Santos and Mohammed Fakhreddine was cancelled.
