Johnny
Eblen looks to win an interim
Professional Fighters League middleweight championship on
Saturday following the
PFL Austin weigh-ins.

Originally set to face middleweight champ Costello
van Steenis in a rematch of their 2025 fight, Eblen (17-1) will
now take on Impa
Kasanganay for a second time instead. Both men made weight for
the rematch, which originally took place in 2024 during the

PFL vs. Bellator event. All fighters made weight with the
exception of Jesus
Pinedo, who came in .8 pounds over for his featherweight
contest against Joey
Ruquet. He’ll be fined a percentage of his purse as a
result.

Eblen is 3-1 inside the PFL, having won his debut against
Kasanganay and beating Fabian
Edwards in his subsequent outing. The former Bellator champion
suffered his first career loss to van Steenis last year, being
submitted in the fifth round. Since then, he rebounded with a
submission win of his own against Bryan
Battle and will now look to earn a chance at revenge. „Pressure“ officially weighed 184.2 pounds for the main event.

Kasanganay (20-6) has been quite active since losing to Eblen two
years ago. Going 5-2 in that time, „Tshilobo“ has racked up wins
over Dalton Rosa, Joshua
Silveira and more, while getting knocked out by Fabian
Edwards and Dovletdzhan
Yagshimuradov. The 32-year-old will look to earn the interim
belt by upsetting Eblen. Kasanganay officially weighed 183 pounds
for the fight, coming in two pounds below the championship cap.

PFL Austin will air live on ESPN2 on Saturday. The main card kicks
off at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The prelims will stream on the ESPN app
at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.

A middleweight
title fight headlines PFL Austin: Tune on Saturday, July 18 at 8
p.m. ET on ESPN.

PFL Austin weigh-in results:

Johnny
Eblen (184.2) vs. Impa
Kasanganay (183)
Rafael
do Nascimento (135.4) vs. Lewis
McGrillen-Evans (135.6)
Caolan
Loughran (144.8) vs. Julio Arce
(145.4)
Jesus
Pinedo (146.8)* vs. Joey Ruquet
(144.6)
Biaggio
Ali Walsh (155.8) vs. Gamid
Khizriev (155.6)
Andrea
Vazquez (125.2) vs. Aleksandra
Savicheva (124.8)
Ashley
Thiner (125.8) vs. Mia Grawe
(125.8)
Jackson
Glass (148.8) vs. Zak Flessas
(149.4)
Victoria
Alba (125.2) vs. Borena
Tsertsvadze (125.6)

* Pinedo missed weight by .8 pounds.

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