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 2nd 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 1-1-0.

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 , 7 years and 11 months earlier than Edwards, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 53 to Edwards' 44.

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.

Fabian Edwards had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Johnny Eblen at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants on 19th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Aaron Jeffery at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast on 22nd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Johnny Eblen at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had won against Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had beaten Charlie Ward at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

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 5 months and 8 days ago, while Fabian Edwards' last outing had been 6 months and 18 days ago.

Kasanganay's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 28 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 2 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 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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