Kasanganay vs Edwards

Who won Kasanganay vs Edwards?

Fabian Edwards beat Impa Kasanganay by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 18th April 2025 at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Kasanganay vs Edwards stats

Impa Kasanganay stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Fabian Edwards made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Impa Kasanganay's 11th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Fabian Edwards marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Impa Kasanganay's PFL record stood at 8-3-0, while Fabian Edwards' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Edwards had a slight advantage in power over Kasanganay, with a 31% knock out percentage over Kasanganay's 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a slight advantage over Kasanganay, with a 23% submission rate over Kasanganay's 22%.

Impa Kasanganay was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kasanganay. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Kasanganay was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in , 8 years and 1 month earlier than Edwards, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 53 to Edwards' 47.

Kasanganay vs Edwards form

Kasanganay had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov at PFL 2024 Championships on 29th November 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at The Mayadeen, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had won against Joshua Silveira at PFL 8: 2024 Playoffs on 16th August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jakob Nedoh at PFL 5: 2024 Regular Season on 21st June 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had defeated Alex Polizzi at PFL 2: 2024 Regular Season on 12th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Johnny Eblen at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Edwards had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Costello van Steenis at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Mike Shipman at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jonathan Bosuku at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London.

Before that, he had beaten Falco Neto at Bellator Birmingham on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Lee Chadwick at Bellator Newcastle on 9th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Impa Kasanganay had been fighting more than Fabian Edwards.

Going to this contest, Impa Kasanganay had last fought 7 months and 18 days ago, while Fabian Edwards' last outing had been 4 years, 9 months and 21 days ago.

Kasanganay's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What time did Kasanganay vs Edwards start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:10 AM UTC , which was 9:10 PM EST or 6:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Kasanganay vs Edwards?

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