Impa Kasanganay vs Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov at 2024 PFL World Championship | Preview & Prediction
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The light heavyweights are up next as last year’s champion Impa Kasanganay will meet Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov for the $1m prize money in Riyadh
Impa Kasanganay vs Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov Facts
When is 2024 PFL World Championship? UK – the preliminary card starts at 2:30pm on Friday 29th November 2024, followed by the main card at 6:00pm / USA – 9:30am/1:00pm ET and 6:30am/10:00am PT
Where is 2024 PFL World Championship? King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
How can I watch the 2024 PFL World Championship? UK – DAZN / USA – ESPN
What time are Impa Kasanganay and Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov expected to walk out? 7.30pm UK / 2.30pm US ET / 11.30am US PT / 9.30pm local
2024 PFL World Championship Main Card
Brendan Loughnane vs Timur Khizriev (Featherweight)
Dakota Ditcheva vs Taila Santos (Women’s Flyweight)
Impa Kasanganay vs Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (Light Heavyweight)
Shamil Musaev vs Magomed Umalatov (Welterweight)
Brent Primus vs Gadzhi Rabadanov (Lightweight)
Denis Goltsov vs Oleg Popov (Heavyweight)
2024 PFL World Championship Prelims
Abdalrahman Alhyasat vs Abdullah Al-Qahtani (Featherweight)
Mohammad Alaqraa vs Omar El Dafrawy (Welterweight)
Hattan Alsaif vs Lilya Osmani (Women’s Atomweight)
Ali Taleb vs Rachid Haz (Bantamweight)
Mohsen Mohammadseifi vs Georges Eid (Lightweight)
Mansour Barnaoui vs Alfie Davis (Lightweight)
Slim Trabelsi vs Abraham Bably (Heavyweight)
Jesus Pinedo vs Jeremy Kennedy (Featherweight)
Asael Adjoudj vs Jose Perez (Featherweight)
Costello van Steenis vs Joao Vitor Dantas (Welterweight)
Impa Kasanganay: 2023 PFL Light Heavyweight Tournament winner aiming to defend
Impa Kasanganay (18-4) will be looking to win the light heavyweight tournament for a second successive year after winning it in 2023. This will be his fifth fight of 2024 as he fought Johnny Eblen in Riyadh in a PFL vs Bellator tournament in February but he lost a split decision. That is his only loss in the last two and a half years however and he has won nine of his last ten fights now. Two of his wins en route to this final came by knockout and he won his semi-final against Josh Silveira thanks to a unanimous decision.
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov: Ex-Bellator man riding six-fight win streak
Turkmenistan’s Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (24-7-1) comes into this final having won his last six bouts and he will be confident. He has not lost a fight in over three years and he will be looking to upset Kasanganay in this final. He won a unanimous decision over Rob Wilkinson in the semi-finals and four of his last five fights have gone the distance. 13 of his 24 wins have come by knockout but he also possesses good submission skills and can grind out the decision if needed.
Impa Kasanganay vs Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov Prediction
The 2024 PFL Light Heavyweight Tournament Final sees last year’s winner Impa Kasanganay face off against Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov in what should be a highly entertaining fight.
Kasanganay is a quality operator and he showed that last year. His only loss in his last ten bouts came via split decision to Johnny Eblen earlier this year in February. Otherwise, he has been absolutely dominant and he will be confident of winning once again.
Yagshimuradov is the latest man to challenge him and it will be interesting to see if he can pose Kasanganay more problems than most.
That will not be easy however and while Yagshimuradov has a good record on paper, it does not possess the quality that Kasanganay has fought. We expect Kasanganay to repeat the feat from last year and get the win.
Prediction: Impa Kasanganay to win
