After Brief Exit, Fabian Edwards Returns to PFL Middleweight Tournament

A week ago, it was announced that Fabian Edwards was out of the PFL middleweight tournament. Now the former Bellator MMA title challenger is back in his original spot.

The promotion announced over the weekend that Edwards will face Impa Kasanganay in the PFL World Tournament 3 headliner on April 18 at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Edwards had briefly been replaced by Jordan Newman for undisclosed reasons. The main card, which features first-round pairings at middleweight and lightweight, airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while prelims stream on ESPN+ at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT.

Fighters only get one shot! Watch the PFL World Tournament LIVE Friday, April 11 at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2..

Edwards is a two-time middleweight title challenger in Bellator. He fell to Johnny Eblen on both occasions, most recently dropping a five-round verdict to Eblen at PFL Super Fights "Battle of the Giants." The younger brother of ex-UFC champ Leon Edwards went 8-3 under the Bellator banner from 2019 to 2024.

Kasanganay is a former PFL champion at 205 pounds. He is coming off a first-round KO loss to Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov in the 2024 light heavyweight final. The 31-year-old has won nine of his last 11 professional outings.

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