{"id":37421,"date":"2026-03-26T00:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Dalton-Rosta-refuses-to-live-in-the-past-ahead-of-PFL-Pittsburgh-200584"},"modified":"2026-03-26T00:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:08:57","slug":"dalton-rosta-refuses-to-live-in-the-past-ahead-of-pfl-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/dalton-rosta-refuses-to-live-in-the-past-ahead-of-pfl-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalton Rosta refuses to live in the past ahead of PFL Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dalton-rosta-refuses-to-live-in-the-past-ahead-of-pfl-pittsburgh.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>After he fell short of the mark in the 2025 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> World Tournament middleweight<br \/>\nfinal, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dalton-Rosta-277187\">Dalton<br \/>\nRosta<\/a> seeks new opportunities amid the company\u2019s changed<br \/>\nlandscape.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fightfinder.php?search=yes&amp;association=American%20Top%20Team\"><br \/>\nAmerican Top Team<\/a> standout will look to get back in the win<br \/>\ncolumn when he meets <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Impa-Kasanganay-310489\">Impa<br \/>\nKasanganay<\/a> in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Professional-Fighters-League-PFL-Pittsburgh-Eblen-vs-Battle-110924\"><br \/>\nPFL Pittsburgh<\/a> co-main event on Saturday at the UMPC Events<br \/>\nCenter, not far from where he was born and raised in western<br \/>\nPennsylvania. Both men are ranked near the top of the middleweight<br \/>\ndivision. One of the more polarizing competitors on the PFL roster,<br \/>\nRosta went on a run to remember in 2025, inside and outside the<br \/>\nSmartCage. While a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Fabian-Edwards-200595\">Fabian<br \/>\nEdwards<\/a> head kick stopped him in his tracks, he has a chance to<br \/>\nclimb right back into contention.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019ve got a hell of an opponent in front of me in Impa Kasanganay,<br \/>\nand it\u2019s going to be a good fight,\u201d Rosta told Sherdog.com. \u201cI\u2019m<br \/>\nexpecting him to come out and bring it. I plan on just being ready<br \/>\nfor everything that he has and going out and putting on a show<br \/>\nthat\u2019ll show I\u2019m a better fighter.\u201d<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M2lm5J_aOj0?si=iPPrrfQEUYZF80rg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>Although he had originally been slated to return in Dubai, United<br \/>\nArab Emirates, Rosta revels in how the situation played out. \u201cI get to fight in front of my home fans, friends and family that<br \/>\nhaven\u2019t had the opportunity to travel and watch me fight,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cI know the energy is going to be great in the arena. I know<br \/>\neverybody is going to show up, and I\u2019m going to put on a show for<br \/>\neverybody. It\u2019s going to be something to remember, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With current middleweight champion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Costello-van-Steenis-152859\">Costello<br \/>\nvan Steenis<\/a> having successfully retained his title against the<br \/>\naforementioned Edwards on March 20, the stakes could not be<br \/>\nclearer. Either the Rosta-Kasanganay winner or the victor of the<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Johnny-Eblen-263051\">Johnny<br \/>\nEblen<\/a>&#8211;<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bryan-Battle-249825\">Bryan<br \/>\nBattle<\/a> main event figures to have an inside track as the next<br \/>\nNo. 1 contender at 185 pounds.<\/p>\n<h2>Opportunity knocks<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have it any other way,\u201d Rosta said. \u201cI\u2019m in my hometown<br \/>\nfighting a very tough opponent who is a former champion, and it\u2019s<br \/>\nstarting off the same way as last year. I drew a former champion in<br \/>\nthe first round of the tournament last year, and now this year, I\u2019m<br \/>\nstarting off with a former champion. He\u2019s actually ranked ahead of<br \/>\nme in the rankings. What better way to show that I\u2019m the guy than<br \/>\nto beat the No. 3-ranked guy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pflmma.com\/event\/pfl-pittsburgh\">A<br \/>\nhigh stakes middleweight clash headlines PFL Pittsburgh: Tune in<br \/>\nLIVE, Saturday, March 28 at 10 p.m. ET<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rosta supports the PFL\u2019s highly publicized change in format, as it<br \/>\nmoved away from the tournament-based system that once defined it.<br \/>\nHe admits he appreciates not having to endure multiple weight cuts<br \/>\nin a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie,\u201d Rosta said. \u201cI would\u2019ve liked to do the<br \/>\ntournament just for the bonus. It\u2019s always nice to have more money,<br \/>\nbut I do like the format going forward. I don\u2019t have to worry about<br \/>\nweight cuts so close together, because I was starting to struggle<br \/>\nwith those. Now, it\u2019s all about rankings. I\u2019m No. 5. [If] I beat<br \/>\nImpa, who is No. 3, the only people that are above him are Johnny<br \/>\nand Fabian. I\u2019m just going to let things play out, and I know no<br \/>\nmatter what, I\u2019ll get the opportunities that I want to get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosta hopes to soon reclaim some of the shine on his star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2025, I said I was the best middleweight on the planet,\u201d he<br \/>\nsaid. \u201cI f&#8212;ed up in my last fight, but this year, I plan on<br \/>\npicking up right where I left off, and this year, I\u2019m going to show<br \/>\neverybody that. I still believe it, and now it\u2019s time to make<br \/>\neverybody else believe it.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After he fell short of the mark in the 2025 Professional Fighters League World Tournament middleweight final, Dalton Rosta seeks new opportunities amid the company\u2019s changed landscape. The American Top Team standout will look to get back in the win column when he meets Impa Kasanganay in the PFL Pittsburgh co-main event on Saturday at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}