Fabian Edwards delivered a vicious head kick knockout to complete Dalton Rosta to assert the PFL middleweight event title in nearly equivalent trend to what his brother Leon Edwards did within the UFC three years in the past.
The conclusion to the PFL 10 major occasion performed out in dramatic trend with Edwards shelling out a collection of inside leg kicks earlier than he lastly unleashed the top kick that Rosta by no means noticed coming. As quickly as Edwards related, Rosta crashed to the canvas the place he laid immobile for just a few moments, though he ultimately obtained again to his toes.
The official stoppage got here at 1:28 within the third spherical with Edwards claiming the knockout victory.
Leon Edwards rushed within the cage to have fun along with his brother whereas additionally informing him that the knockout got here nearly precisely three years to the day when he famously pulled off his fifth-round head kick end over Kamaru Usman to win the UFC welterweight title again in 2022.
The date of Leon’s battle was Aug. 20, 2022 and Fabian’s knockout got here on Aug. 21, 2025.
“That’s staff headshot lifeless,” Edwards mentioned in regards to the exceptional similarity along with his end in comparison with his brother. “I’m so grateful. Final yr October, I misplaced the championship battle to Johnny [Eblen]. 12 months on, I’m the PFL champ.”
It was an unbelievable method for Edwards to cap off the yr after he entered the PFL event with hopes of ultimately incomes one other shot on the championship following two previous losses to Johnny Eblen. Edwards made probably the most of his look within the PFL event after scoring a knockout over former PFL champion Impa Kasanganay within the opening spherical after which defeating Josh Silveira to punch his ticket to the finals.
Whereas he needed to take care of some early adversity as Rosta got here out able to battle and confirmed a strong recreation plan within the early rounds, Edwards ultimately got here by means of with the devastating knockout.
Following his win, Edwards stared down new PFL middleweight champion Costello van Steenis after he pulled off an upset to beat Eblen again in July. These two even have historical past with van Steenis holding a break up determination win over Edwards from their preliminary assembly again in 2020.
Now it seems they’ll meet once more, this time with the PFL middleweight title going up for grabs.
Oleg Popov turned the brand new PFL heavyweight event winner after lackluster battle
Oleg Popov did simply sufficient to earn a break up determination win in a lackluster heavyweight title battle with Alexander Romanov.
Popov discovered the vast majority of his success within the earlier rounds as he punished Romanov’s lead leg with kicks whereas additionally flashing his boxing at moments with some strong placing exchanges. When it was throughout, two judges gave Popov the win with scores of 49-46 and 49-48 with the third official giving Romanov the battle with a 48-47 scorecard.
That was nonetheless sufficient for Popov to get the nod and declare the $500,000 prize that goes together with the 2025 heavyweight title.
Total, the heavyweights didn’t precisely placed on a barnburner in what finally amounted to a little bit of a sloppy standup battle. Popov did the vast majority of his injury with leg kicks whereas Romanov caught to his boxing after which working from the clinch to dish out punishment from the within, peppering with punches and throwing just a few knees to the physique.
Lastly within the fourth spherical, Romanov discovered a gap for a robust uppercut that rocked Popov and the previous UFC heavyweight went for the kill. He began unloading punches in bunches however he couldn’t put Popov away and the fighters ended up within the clinch once more as they each tried to catch their breath.
That ultimate surge nonetheless wasn’t sufficient to place Romanov excessive on the judges’ scorecards, nevertheless, with Popov doing simply sufficient to get the nod and declare the heavyweight title.
Antonio Carlos Jr. wins wild battle to assert gentle heavyweight title
Antonio Carlos Jr. ended up in a wild battle with Sullivan Cauley however he finally secured a second-round rear-naked choke submission to assert the PFL gentle heavyweight event title.
There have been a number of knockdowns, upkicks and blood flying throughout the cage however Carlos was ultimately in a position to take management following a frantic tempo set by the 205-pounders.
Carlos set the tone early with a blistering knockdown after he blasted Cauley with a proper hand that despatched him crashing to the canvas. Relatively than making an attempt to grab a submission, Carlos continued hammering away with strikes however Cauley survived the barrage to get again to his toes.
A second later, Carlos snapped off a jab that cracked Cauley and blood instantly began trickling down from his nostril after he already had a minimize over his eye from the preliminary knockdown.
Simply when it regarded like Carlos was nearing a possible end, Cauley caught him off guard with a punch that put the Brazilian down on the bottom. Cauley dove all the way down to the canvas to proceed his assault however as an alternative he obtained clipped with an up kick from Carlos that despatched him flying backwards.
That wild trade lastly slowed issues down just a little bit but it surely wasn’t lengthy earlier than Carlos related with one other punch that seemingly wobbled Cauley. The shot additionally opened one other minimize as Cauley was actually carrying the injury from the repeated strikes landed by Carlos.
An unintentional conflict of heads and a watch poke paused the motion briefly within the second spherical and the injury on Cauley’s face obtained even worse. If the spherical ended, there was a very good probability a physician would have stopped Cauley from persevering with however Carlos had no need to win that method.
As a substitute, Carlos secured a takedown and instantly superior his place to lock on a battle ending rear-naked choke as he secured the sunshine heavyweight championship.
Full outcomes for PFL 10 under:
Fabian Edwards def. Dalton Rosta through knockout (head kick) at 1:28, R3
Oleg Popov def. Alexander Romanov through break up determination (47-48, 49-46, 48-47)
Antonio Carlos Jr. def. Sullivan Cauley through submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:44, R2
Alexei Pergande def. Ethan Goss through submission (D’arce choke) at 3:52, R1
Lazaro Dayron def. Bryce Meredith through TKO (punches) at 4:06, R3
Impa Kasanganay def. Andrew Sanchez through TKO (punches) at 4:31, R3
Rasul Magomedov def. Guilherme Viana through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Sergey Bilostenniy def. Karl Williams through TKO (punches) at 4:11, R2
Josh Silveira def. Murad Ramazanov (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
J.P. Saint Louis def. Tyler Ray through unanimous determination (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
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