Kasanganay vs Elsaidy

Who won Kasanganay vs Elsaidy?

Impa Kasanganay beat Osama Elsaidy by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of PFL Challenger Series 2023 – Week 7, on Friday 10th March 2023 at Universal Studios 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 Elsaidy stats

Impa Kasanganay stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

Osama Elsaidy made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Impa Kasanganay's 10th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023.

Impa Kasanganay's PFL record stood at 8-2-0, while Osama Elsaidy's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Elsaidy had a massive power advantage over Kasanganay, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Kasanganay's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kasanganay had a slight advantage over Elsaidy, with a 33% submission rate over Elsaidy's 25%.

Impa Kasanganay was the older man by 31 years, at 31 years old.

Kasanganay was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in , 12 years and 1 month earlier than Elsaidy, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 51 to Elsaidy's 21.

Kasanganay vs Elsaidy form

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

In his last fight before 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.

Activity check

Kasanganay's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kasanganay vs Elsaidy?

Impa Kasanganay was a 2/9 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Osama Elsaidy made his way into the ring at 3/1 (+300) with oddsmakers.