Impa Kasanganay ’s bid for a repeat is in full effect.
The
Kill Cliff FC standout secured the top seed in the
Professional Fighters League light heavyweight playoffs with a second-round doctor stoppage victory against 2023 PFL Europe kingpin
Jakob Nedoh at
PFL 5 on Friday night at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
“I told myself this: How would I fight if I was leading Heaven’s armies? God put me here and God’s gonna take me out of here,” Kasanganay said. “No other man will. He’s a champion; you’ve got to take it from him.”
After besting
Joshua Silveira to win the PFL title a year ago, Kasangany will get a rematch with the fourth-seeded “Coninha” in the light heavyweight semifinals on Aug. 16 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. On the other side of the 205-pound bracket, 2022 champion Rob Wilkson will collide with Bellator veteran
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov .
Meanwhile, ex-Bellator champ
Brent Primus made the biggest statement at lightweight on Friday, as he vanquished
Solomon Renfro with a third-round rear-naked choke to clinch the No. 1 spot at 155 pounds. He’ll meet No. 4 seed and 2023 finalist
Clay Collard in one semifinal, while No. 2
Gadzhi Rabadanov and No. 3
Michael Dufort will square off in the other semifinal matchup.
“Nothing better in life. I love PFL, the platform,” Primus said. “This is for my family. I’m going to Hollywood, Florida, for that $1 million. I will win it. Let’s go.”
While the PFL postseason is taking shape, there is one more order of business at hand. Next week, attention will turn to the featherweight and welterweight divisions when
PFL 6 heads to the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the final event of the regular season.
A closer look at the up-to-the-minute PFL standings:
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
x-11:
Impa Kasanganay x-9:
Rob Wilkinson x-9:
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov x-6:
Joshua Silveira 6:
Antonio Carlos Jr. 4:
Sadibou Sy 3:
Alex Polizzi 0:
Simon Biyong 0:
Jakob Nedoh 0:
Andrew Sanchez 0:
Tom Breese ***
LIGHTWEIGHT
x-9:
Brent Primus x-6:
Gadzhi Rabadanov x-5:
Michael Dufort x-5:
Clay Collard 4:
Elvin Espinoza 3:
Adam Piccolotti 3:
Bruno Miranda 3:
Mads Burnell 0:
Patricky Freire -1:
Solomon Renfro ***
WELTERWEIGHT
6:
Don Madge 6:
Murad Ramazanov 5:
Shamil Musaev 3:
Magomed Umalatov 3:
Goiti Yamauchi 0:
Neiman Gracie 0:
Andrey Koreshkov 0:
Logan Storley 0:
Brennan Ward -1:
Laureano Staropoli ***
FEATHERWEIGHT
6:
Brendan Loughnane 6:
Gabriel Braga 3:
Timur Khizriev 3:
Adam Borics 3:
Kai Kamaka III 0:
Bubba Jenkins 0:
Enrique Barzola 0:
Brett Johns 0:
Justin Gonzalez 0:
Pedro Carvalho ***
HEAVYWEIGHT
x-10:
Denis Goltsov x-8:
Oleg Popov x-6:
Valentin Moldavsky x-6:
Tim Johnson 5:
Daniel James 3:
Tyrell Fortune 3:
Sergey Bilostenniy 3:
Linton Vassell 0:
Thiago Santos 0:
Danilo Marques 0:
Marcelo Golm -1:
Davion Franklin ***
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
x-12:
Dakota Ditcheva x-9:
Taila Santos x-7:
Liz Carmouche x-6:
Jena Bishop 5:
Juliana Velasquez 3:
Kana Watanabe 3:
Ilara Joanne 0:
Chelsea Hackett 0:
Lisa Mauldin -1:
Shanna Young x: Clinched playoff berth 
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