Preview: UFC Fight Night 192 Prelims

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Welterweights

NR | Impa Kasanganay (9-1, 2-1 UFC) vs. NR | Carlston Harris (16-4, 1-0 UFC)

ODDS: Kasanganay (-120), Harris (+100)

This is an interesting fight between two welterweights at very different points in their careers. It took nearly a decade as a professional, but Harris became Guyana’s first UFC fighter when he made his debut against Christian Aguilera in May. Recent footage on Harris was scarce heading into that debut, but he answered a lot of questions in less than three minutes with an outstanding performance. Aguilera is a long and tall fighter, and he showed off some crisp striking, along with an effective clinch and grappling game, the latter of which saw him end the fight by turning an Aguilera takedown attempt into an anaconda choke. This time around, Harris gets a much stouter test—at least physically. Kasanganay is an impressive prospect, even before considering that his professional debut was less than three years ago. For being so inexperienced, Kasanganay displays an impressive amount of poise. Everything he does looks good and there are a lot of right ideas, with the main issue that he can sometimes be patient to a fault in a slow-paced performance. Add in that Kasanganay is also a powerful physical specimen, especially after a seemingly impossible cut down to welterweight, and the ceiling is as high for him as any prospect in the UFC. Any fight feels like it could be the one where Kasanganay finally puts everything together and starts his rise on the welterweight ladder, and even if this is still a passive performance, there is the chance that he can simply overpower Harris and grind out another patient win. Nevertheless, Harris should have the advantage, between his higher output and the fact that he can cause enough damage with those strikes to outweigh Kasanganay’s own power. The pick is Harris via decision.

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