PFL Champions Series 2: Eblen vs. van Steenis | ||||
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Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
Date | July 19, 2025 | |||
Venue | GrandWest Arena | |||
City | Cape Town, South Africa | |||
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PFL Champions Series 2: Eblen vs. van Steenis and PFL Africa 1: 2025 First Round was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on July 19, 2025, at GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, South Africa. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The event marked the promotion's debut in South Africa, which became the 14th country to held a PFL and WSOF event. This also the first event to held in Africa region. [5] On May 20, the promotion announced that they’ve changed the date for their from July 26 to July 19 instead. [6]
A PFL Middleweight World Championship bout between current champion Johnny Eblen and Costello van Steenis headlined the event. [7]
The event also featured the quarterfinals of 2025 PFL Africa Tournament in a heavyweight and bantamweight divisions. [8]
At the weigh-ins, Shannon van Tonder weighed in at 136.2 pounds, 0.2 pounds over the bantamweight limit and he was fined a percentage of his purse, which went to Boule Godogo. [9]
PFL Champions Series 2 (DAZN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Costello van Steenis | def. | Johnny Eblen (c) | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 5 | 4:51 | [a] |
Women's Flyweight | Dakota Ditcheva | def. | Sumiko Inaba | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | A. J. McKee | def. | Akhmed Magomedov | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Makkasharip Zaynukov | def. | Takeshi Izumi | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Corey Anderson | def. | Denis Goltsov | TKO (elbows) | 2 | 3:28 | |
2025 PFL Africa 1 (DAZN / PFL App) | |||||||
Bantamweight | Nkosi Ndebele | def. | Mahmoud Atef | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:50 | [b] |
Heavyweight | Maxwell Djantou Nana | def. | Mickaël Groguhe | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Bantamweight | Boule Godogo | def. | Shannon van Tonder | Decision (split) (30–26, 28–29, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
Heavyweight | Justin Clarke | def. | Jashell Ticha Awa | TKO (retirement) | 1 | 5:00 | [e] |
Bantamweight | Karim Henniene | def. | Asiashu Tshitamba | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [f] |
Heavyweight | Joffie Houlton | def. | Abdoullah Kane | DQ (illegal knee) | 1 | 0:40 | [g] |
Bantamweight | Simbarashe Hokonya | def. | Frans Mlambo | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | [h] |
Heavyweight | Abraham Bably | def. | Paul-Emmanuel Gnaze | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:59 | [i] |
Women's Strawweight | Juliet Ukah | def. | Ceileigh Niedermayr | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
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