Professional Fighters League fans next month.
With most of the billing already announced or confirmed thus far,
the PFL finalized its show that will go down on March 20 at the
Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid, Spain. Twelve fights including a
championship rematch will serve on the PFL Madrid lineup, one that holds a five-fight
main card and the remaining seven on its prelim slate. The action
will begin stateside at noon E.T./9 p.m. PT on the ESPN App, which
means it can be viewed by any user that holds an ESPN Select
account—previously known as ESPN+.
The main attraction will see Costello
van Steenis (17-3) run back a fight from 2020 with Fabian
Edwards (16-4), this time with far greater stakes. They first
met at the 2020 Bellator Milan show in the main event, although
they fought for three rounds and not five. Van Steenis picked up
the split decision call, one that received a rare 28-27 scorecard from judge Douglas Crosby
due to offsetting 10-8 tallies awarded in Rounds 2 and 3.
“The Spaniard” went on to win four of his next five to claim the
middleweight throne, culminating in a shocking rear-naked choke
that put then-unbeaten Johnny
Eblen all the way out with nine seconds left in a match he was
losing. He has finished his foe in his last four victories. Foe
Edwards has unsuccessfully vied for the Bellator MMA belt twice before. The Brit picked up
this title shot by winning out the 2025 PFL tourney at 185
pounds.
Two new bouts were also lined up for this fight card at 170 and 135
pounds. On the main card, recently signed Franco
Tenaglia (5-2) will throw hands and feet with Yassin
Najid (9-6, 1 NC) in a battle of Spain vs. Morocco.
Additionally, Spain-trained athletes collide on the prelims as
unbeaten Reda
Abdellaoui (3-0) faces Ernesto
Schisano (5-1).
PFL Madrid Lineup:
Costello
van Steenis vs. Fabian
Edwards – Middleweight title
Adam
Borics vs. A.J. McKee –
Featherweight
Alexandr
Shabliy vs. Acoidan
Duque – Lightweight
Franco
Tenaglia vs. Yassin
Najid – Welterweight
Linton
Vassell vs. Denis
Goltsov – Heavyweight
Luciano
Pereira vs. Kevin
Cordero – Bantamweight
Borja
Garcia Heres vs. Rafael
Calderon – Flyweight
Gino van
Steenis vs. Mark Ewen –
Lightweight
Reda
Abdellaoui vs. Ernesto
Schisano – Bantamweight
David
Mora vs. Claudio
Pacella – 165-pound Catchweight
Nacho
Campos vs. Mathys
Duragrin – Featherweight
Jacinta
Austin vs. Victoria
Dudakova – Women’s Strawweight