PFL Exclusive: Chris Wade has little respect for Brendan Loughnane as a fighter, but none as a man
American MMA star Chris Wade will square off with Britain’s Brendan Loughnane at London’s Copper Box Arena in a much-anticipated PFL featherweight semi-final on Saturday night.
Wade, who is the top ranked featherweight in this year's play-offs, has been to three previous semi-finals but is yet to claim the $1million prize.
Wade and Loughnane have already traded blows on social media and in the press, with the American telling Planet Sport: "I have less respect for him as a man than I do as a fighter.
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"I took that personally, why wouldn't I. I don't know this guy, I never said a word about him. But he didn't like that, he came in third and was sitting on the sidelines and he was running his mouth. And then what happened when the first fight of the season came around this year, I got matched up with the two-time champ Lance Palmer, and he was a -1200 favourite to some guy who never fought overseas before in his life."
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"He's got nothing to say anymore, he's got absolutely nothing to say. He ran his mouth when he had time to talk, he had a chance to back it up and to try and get me right away.
"I would've knocking him out of the play-offs immediately if he fought me in the regular season. He wouldn't even be here. He should just be thankful to be in the semi-finals right now. He was literally carried into the play-offs."