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- What: 2025 PFL World Tournament 3 Main Event
- Who: Impa Kasanganay vs. Fabian Edwards
- Date: Friday, April 18, 2025
- Location: Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida
- Time: Prelims (5:00 p.m. ET), Main Card (7:00 p.m. ET)
- How to Watch: Prelims (ESPN+), Main Card (ESPN)
The 2025 Professional Fighters League World Tournament is in its third week. The first two weeks saw the first round bouts in the welterweight, featherweight, bantamweight and women’s flyweight divisions. This week’s PFL fight card, which takes place at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida on Friday, April 18, features the first round fights in the middleweight and lightweight weight classes. In the main event of the 2025 PFL World Tournament 3 fight card, Impa Kasanganay faces Fabian Edwards in a middleweight scrap. Here is some background on the fighters before we look at the betting breakdown for the 2025 PFL World Tournament 3 main event.
Impa Kasanganay (18-5) won the 2024 PFL light heavyweight tournament, taking home the $1 million prize for his victory. In 2024, Kasanganay made it back to the finals of the 205-pound tournament but lost to Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov via knockout.
Fabian Edwards (13-4) is the brother of former UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards. Edwards fought twice for the Bellator middleweight crown, losing both those contests to Johnny Eblen. He makes his PFL debut on Friday.
Before we look at the best bets for the Impa Kasanganay vs. Fabian Edwards, check out the best PFL betting sites and where you can find all our UFC betting picks.
PFL World Tournament 3 main event: Impa Kasanganay vs. Fabian Edwards betting picks
| Fighters |  |  |  |
| Impa Kasangany | -185 | -185 | -185 |
| Fabian Edwards | +160 | +155 | +160 |
PFL World Tournament 3 main event: Impa Kasanganay betting breakdown
Former UFC fighter Impa Kasanganay was best known for a viral knockout loss before he signed with the PFL and went on to win the 2023 PFL light heavyweight tournament. To his credit, Kasanganay took that spinning back kick loss to Joaquin Buckley in stride, rebuilding himself into a better fighter, and man. Since he signed with the PFL he has an 8-2 record with his only losses coming in a title fight against Bellator champion Johnny Elben and in the 2024 PFL light heavyweight tournament final.
Kasanganay was mostly a grappler earlier in his career. Before 2022, he had zero knockout wins when he fought at middleweight and welterweight. A move to middleweight and then light heavyweight after leaving the UFC in 2021 found him packing on muscle and finding he had power in his strikes. He pushes forward and forces his opponent to fight off his back foot. Kasanganay is a very relaxed and confident fighter with a fair amount of speed in his strikes. He also puts out a decent amount of volume. Kasanganay also has excellent cardio, allowing him to set and sustain a fast pace. He has five stoppage wins, four via knockout and one by submission since moving to the PFL.
While Kasanganay is a powerful striker, he has a composed approach to his fights and does not overextend himself or take unnecessary risks.
PFL World Tournament 3 main event: Fabian Edwards betting breakdown
Fabian Edwards opened his MMA career on a 9-0 run. That winning streak ended in 2020 when he dropped back-to-back decisions to Costello van Steenis and Austin Vanderford. He followed that with a 4-2 run, where his only defeats were Bellator title fight defeats at the hands of Johnny Eblen.
Edwards is a very good striker. He manages distance well, but he struggled with the wrestling and clinch work of Eblen. Kasanganay is not the same level of wrestler as Eblen, but he is very good in that department when he needs to be. Edwards needs to force Kasanganay to compete in the open, using his forward pressure while at the same time staying off the cage. Edwards did not accept the takedowns from Eblen, bouncing off the mat well, but he did struggle to break free from Eblen’s grasp against the fence. If Edwards has not worked on breaking out of the clinch, it could be a long night for him on Friday night.
Best Bets: PFL World Tournament 3 main event – Impa Kasanganay vs. Fabian Edwards
The betting odds in this clash are very close. Fabian Edwards’s best chance to win is to be more active and effective in the striking department than his opponent. As for Impa Kasanganay, he needs to mix his striking and wrestling skills to prevent Edwards from working at range and establishing his striking rhythm. Kasanganay has more routes to victory..
The betting pick is for Impa Kasanganay to beat Fabian Edwards via decision.
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