Top 5: Costello van Steenis finishes

Costello van Steenis took the better-late-than-never philosophy to the extreme.

“The Spaniard” laid claim to the inaugural Professional Fighters League middleweight championship when he put the previously unbeaten Johnny Eblen to sleep with a rear-naked choke in the fifth round of their PFL Champions Series 2 main event on July 19, 2025 at GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, South Africa. Van Steenis squeezed the American into another dimension 4:51 into Round 5.

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Eblen asserted himself across the first 15 minutes with clinches, takedowns and stifling top control, though his efforts put a noticeable…