There were some slick submissions in July 2025, but nothing topped the way PFL crowned its new middleweight champion.

Costello Van Steenis shocked the MMA world last week, pulling off an incredible, buzzer-beating win over one of the most ...

Van Steenis choked Eblen unconscious in the final seconds of their main event championship fight this past Saturday in Cape ...

Costello van Steenis shocks MMA world, submits undefeated Johnny Eblen at PFL Africa to become new PFL middleweight champion.

It didn’t come when he would’ve liked or how he expected, but Costello van Steenis defied the odds in the final moments and ...

Johnny Eblen wants to run it back with Costello van Steenis right away. The middleweight standouts met in a thrilling contest ...

A longtime training partner of Gegard Mousasi, van Steenis built his name in Bellator where he went 7-2 prior to PFL's merger ...

PFL is bringing out yet another world title belt as they finally look to cement their structure for the world tournaments and ...

The PFL heads to Africa this Saturday to continue their 'Champions Series' portion of the event calendar. It certainly isn't ...

Johnny Eblen plans to pack a lifetime of legacy into an abridged run at the top of Bellator's middleweight division. Eblen's title defense against Anatoly Tokov at Bellator 290 on Saturday is the ...

Johnny Eblen might not be Bellator champ for long The 31-year-old Eblen won the Bellator middleweight title with a win over Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 282 in 2022.

Eblen (13-0), in the first defense of his 185-pound title, simply outworked Anatoly Tokov to the point of near exhaustion over the championship rounds to take home a dominant unanimous decision in ...