Overview
- PFL Pittsburgh is scheduled for March 28 at the UPMC Events Center with the main card airing on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 10 p.m. ET.
- Former middleweight champion Johnny Eblen returns in the main event to face recent PFL signee and ex-TUF winner Bryan Battle.
- Eblen is coming off his first career loss, a July 2025 submission to Costello van Steenis, while Battle debuts after his 2025 UFC release for repeated weight misses and two subsequent Dirty Boxing stoppages.
- The co-main event features former light heavyweight champion Impa Kasanganay taking on Pittsburgh’s Dalton Rosta in a middleweight bout.
- Rosta reached last year’s PFL middleweight final after wins over Sadibou Sy and Aaron Jeffrey, and Kasanganay owns the 2023 205-pound title and a recent win over Andrew Sanchez.