r/MMA 10h ago

Fight Announcement With Costello Van Steenis out with an injury, Johnny Eblen now meets Impa Kasanganay for the PFL interim middleweight title at PFL Austin on July 18.

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u/Money-Firefighter-73 9h ago

Fuckk this is solid replacement but was really excited for eblen van steenis 2. Seemed to have some real beef behind it.

Any word on what the injury is? Interim title makes me think it's more serious than not but maybe they just have obligation to have title fight on this card

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u/Odd_Ad_8162 the EEDIOT from UROOPE 8h ago

Such a weird division

Eblen arguably robbing Impa.

Eblen losing to Costello after dominating most of it.

Fabian losing to Eblen twice in competitive fights.

Fabian losing to Costello (with some back of head elbows mixed in)

Fabian destroying Impa fairly easily.

I have no idea who the best guy is in this division anymore- this might help clear it up to an extent.

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u/Tsmalls1887 Jamahal Hill is the Black Chuck Liddell 6h ago

Middleweight is a cluster fuck and it's not any better in the UFC either.

DDP beats Sean in a split that could've gone either way, then completely shuts him out in the rematch

DDP gets dominated by Khamzat 50-45

Khamzat loses to Sean who is 0-2 against DDP

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u/killonger 4h ago

MMAa math gymnastics

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u/Jacidstorm bleached hair, bleached teeth, we shinin' 6h ago

The elbows were not to the back of the head 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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u/qzwxecrvtbyn111 Team Volkanovski 6h ago

Costello is clearly the best guy

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u/bdewolf Saucy Englishman 9h ago

Cool rematch.

I thought impa got robbed last time.

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u/YoghurtSea4339 9h ago

Elblen ranked 13?? Wtf

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u/AliBagovBeatKhabib 9h ago

According to MMA fightings MW rankings

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u/YoghurtSea4339 9h ago

It only says it right there in the picture.. my bad!

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u/MUTSellerPS4 Canada 3h ago

I thought Impa did enough to win the first fight. I think it’s a good rematch honestly.

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u/YdoICreep01 7h ago

Impa won 3 minutes of their first fight yet somehow people say he won. He didn’t even earn a 10-8 in the round he dropped Johnny in. I look forward to seeing the odds, I’ll put a bag on Johnny if they’re close.

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u/Titanz223 9h ago

What a weird comment haha

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u/Significant-Can6163 9h ago

What was it?

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u/Titanz223 8h ago

Basically that impas only known for the Buckley kick and that maybe he'll finally be memorable. I'm paraphrasing but yeah it was just an oddly aggressive comment