Costello Van Steenis has had Johnny Eblen has been on his radar for a while and after scoring a sub-one minute knockout in his official PFL debut late-last year, the former is hungry to claim the crown from the latter. Appearing on an episode of Bowks Talking Bouts, Costello Van Steenis covered several subjects ahead of his middleweight title bid against reigning champion Johnny Eblen at PFL Africa 1 on July 19th.
When asked about his thoughts on many seeing Eblen as the best middleweight in the sport today and if a win over the champ cements him as the top 185 pounder in MMA, at the 6:16 mark, Van Steenis said,
“I believe Johnny Eblen is one of the best middleweight fighters in the world.