Updated Feb. 18, 2026, 10:36 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
The PFL’s first trip to Pittsburgh has its lineup set for next month with a middleweight main event.<\/p>\n
Former Bellator champion Johnny Eblen (16-1) meets UFC castoff Bryan Battle (12-2) in the headliner. In the co-feature, Pittsburgh’s own Dalton Rosta (11-2) takes on former PFL season winner Impa Kasanganay (19-6) at 185 pounds.<\/p>\n
The 12-bout PFL Pittsburgh (ESPN2\/ESPN Deportes) event takes place March 28 at UPMC Events Center.<\/p>\n
On the preliminary card three-time NCAA Division-I All-American wrestler Bryce Meredith (7-1) will try to rebound from the first loss of his career when he takes on former Cage Warriors champion Jack Cartwright (13-2) at bantamweight. Plus, two-time PFL lightweight season winner Natan Schulte (25-5-1) returns after three years away from the promotion to fight Jakub Kaszuba (15-0), a two-time PFL Europe champion.<\/p>\n
The PFL Pittsburgh lineup includes:<\/p>\n
MAIN CARD (ESPN2\/ESPN Deportes, 10 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n
Johnny Eblen\u00a0vs. Bryan BattleImpa Kasanganay vs. Dalton RostaAriane da Silva vs. Sumiko InabaJulio Arce vs. Alexei PergandeLazaro Dayron vs. Jacob Thrall<\/p>\n
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN app\/ESPN Deportes, 7 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n
Jack Cartwright vs. Bryce MeredithJakub Kaszuba vs. Natan SchulteDakota Bush vs. Robert WatleyMasayuki Kikuiri vs. Ernesto RodriguezElora Dana vs. Tatiana PostarnakovaJosh Fremd vs. Jarrah Al-SilawiFred Dupras vs. Ethan Goss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 18, 2026, 10:36 a.m. ET The PFL’s first trip to Pittsburgh has its lineup set for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[942,73,75,74,55982,55983,7277,55984,7540,542,55985,2514,544,7544,535],"class_list":{"0":"post-117991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-pittsburgh","10":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","11":"tag-pittsburgh-news","12":"tag-sstssportspfl","13":"tag-sstsnpfl","14":"tag-tagcollege-sports","15":"tag-tagmartial-arts","16":"tag-tagncaa","17":"tag-tagoverall-positive","18":"tag-tagpfl","19":"tag-tagpittsburgh","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-tagwrestling","22":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}