Get ready for an action-packed weekend as two Kill Cliff Fight Club members gear up for the Professional Fighters League (PFL) Playoffs, while another KCFC fighter makes his highly anticipated UFC debut.
Two Kill Cliff Fight Club members will be competing in the knock-out rounds of the Professional Fighters League (PFL) Playoffs on Friday night while another KCFC fighter makes his UFC debut on Saturday during Fight Night.
There’s a heat-advisory in effect for San Antonio, Texas, where the temperature has been hanging out at about 103. Look for KCFC’s Impa Kasanganay to turn the heat up even more when he takes on Marthin Hamlet (yes, all those names are spelled correctly!) Friday at PFL 7’s light heavyweight semifinal taking place at Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio.
Kasanganay, aka Tshilobo, is 13-3 as a pro, and is coming off four wins in a row after two losses, one a UFC bout. Hamlet’s record is similar, sitting at 12-4 with five wins in his last seven appearances. But Impa, who trains at KCFC in sunny south Florida, has the home field advantage: Hamlet is from the cold climes of Tønsberg, Norway, which is waaay up there near Oslo.
KCFC’s Elvin “The Prodigy” Espinoza is living up to his nickname! He’s 8-0 as a pro, going back to his debut in December 2018. Before that he was 3-1 as an amateur, that one and only loss coming as his first fight ever; still, he went the distance in that XFN 10 battle.
Espinoza puts that ridiculously impressive record on the line at PFL Friday; he faces fellow lightweight Hawaii’s Keoni Diggs, who is 10-2, with those two coming in succession in his last three fights.
You can see the entire PFL card on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Not much is known about Kazakhstan native Assu Almabaev, other than his nickname: Zulfikhar. Which means, according to Google Translate, Zulfikhar. Otherwise, the flyweight is making his UFC debut Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font with an imposing 17-2 pro record, mainly in the Brave promotion. But holy cow, he’s got a 13-fight win streak coming into the confrontation with Ode’ Osbourne.
On the other hand, the “Jamaican Sensation” stands at 12-5, mostly at bantamweight; in his seven UFC fights, he’s won four, alternating victories with defeats.
You can see it live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville beginning at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+ Saturday.