Once on the wrong end of one of the all-time insane knockouts in UFC history, Impa Kasanganay can now call himself a world champion, and a millionaire.
Kasanganay — who earned his spot in the 2023 PFL light heavyweight season on the Challenger Series earlier in the year — captured the promotion’s 205-pound season championship with a one-sided unanimous decision win over Josh Silveira at Friday’s PFL World Championship event in Washington, D.C.
The 29-year-old went 2-2 in the UFC, including a brutal knockout loss to Joaquin Buckley in October 2020, but is now 6-0 since parting ways with the promotion. Kasanganay earned wins over Cory Hendricks, Tim Caron, and Marthin Hamlet to earn his shot against Silveira, and he sure made the best of it.
Following the win, former UFC colleagues and fellow pro fighters reacted to Kasanganay’s acheivement — including Buckley himself.
Impa with million dollar bag
— Joaquin New Mansa Buckley (@Newmansa94) November 25, 2023
Impa killed it . He lost me with the Francis Ngannou call out tho . I’m here to fight everyone except for Ngannou #PFLWORLDchampion
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 25, 2023
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