Costello van Steenis efficiently defended his middleweight crown at PFL Madrid, defeating Fabian Edwards with an insane elbow KO.
Whereas the opening spherical was pretty aggressive, van Steenis discovered himself with the late benefit after stuffing a takedown try from Edwards and practically cinching in a guillotine choke. Edwards rapidly defended, however was compelled to surrender prime management to the defending champ, doubtless placing van Steenis up 1-0 after the primary 5 minutes.
Edwards went proper again to his grappling within the second and managed to get van Steenis to the mat, although his success was short-lived. With simply over two minutes to go within the stanza, van Steenis reversed place, taking Edwards’ again and fishing for a rear-naked choke.
Edwards survived the spherical, even making it again to his toes and delivering a late flurry, however a lot of the offense got here from van Steenis, giving him a transparent two-round lead over the challenger.
Regardless of having little to no success with the wrestling, Edwards went proper again to the properly in spherical three and practically discovered himself in one other tight guillotine. Edwards defended and tried one more takedown, leaving his head large open for a sequence of quick elbows. Profiting from the chance, van Steenis unleashed a flurry of elbows towards the fence that put Edwards out chilly.
Official End result: Costello van Steenis def. Fabian Edwards through KO (elbows) at 1:48 of Spherical 3.
Test Out Highlights From Costello van Steenis vs. Fabian Edwards at PFL Madrid:
