2025 PFL World Tournament 10: Finals<\/a> on Aug. 21 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.<\/p>\n“At the end of the day, I hope this fight goes five rounds because he’s talking a lot of sh*t about his cardio and he’s gonna push me,” Rosta said. “I can’t wait to go out there, and after Round 3, if it makes it that far, he’s gasping for air, he’s looking for a way out, and I’m gonna take his heart from him.<\/p>\n
“… He’s smug. At the end of the day, it ain’t personal. I don’t like the dude, but I’m going in there to take his head off because that’s what I’m here to do. I’m the best in the world, and I’m gonna prove it on Aug. 21.”<\/p>\n
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Edwards reached the finals by stopping 2023 PFL light heavyweight season winner Impa Kasanganay and winning a unanimous decision over Josh Silveira. Rosta plans to halt Edwards’ momentum and then take aim at Costello Van Steenis, who recently defeated Johny Eblen to win the PFL middleweight title.<\/p>\n
“This round, I get a super confident \u2013 I don’t know why \u2013 but a super confident Fabian Edwards, and I’m going to put his lights out,” Rosta said. “Then, everybody’s gonna believe me (that I’m the best in the world). If they don’t believe me then, at the end of the year, whenever I fight Costello Van Steenis, and then I beat him, they will.”<\/p>\n
Despite Rosta and Eblen being teammates, the Pennsylvania native says it’s not about getting one back for the team, but rather furthering his own career and proving himself as an elite fighter at middleweight.<\/p>\n
“(Winning the title) interests me for my own endeavors,” Rosta said. “At the end of the day, I’m not here to avenge anybody’s loss. He’s his own man. He’s my teammate, I support him. But, at the end of the day, we’re in the same weight class. We’re chasing the same belt, and that belt’s mine.”<\/p>\n
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