{"id":115644,"date":"2026-03-25T07:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/van-steenis-knocks-out-edwards-and-retains-pfl-title-in-madrid\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T07:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:17:52","slug":"van-steenis-knocks-out-edwards-and-retains-pfl-title-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/van-steenis-knocks-out-edwards-and-retains-pfl-title-in-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Steenis Knocks Out Edwards and Retains PFL Title in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"Costello van Steenis defended his PFL middleweight title by knocking out Fabian Edwards in an exciting fight held in Madrid.\n\nThe event, which marked the debut of a major MMA event in Spain, saw Van Steenis demonstrate his dominance in front of an enthusiastic audience.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Decisive Knockout<\/h2>\n\n\nIn the third round, as Edwards tried to take the champion to the ground, Van Steenis connected a series of devastating elbows that sealed the victory. Edwards, with a record of 16-5, could not counter Van Steenis&#8217; strategy, who improved his record to 18-3.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Thanks to all the fans, this is yours; this is the best country in the world,&#8221; declared Van Steenis after the fight.<\/p><cite>Costello van Steenis<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe fight had a cautious start, with both fighters looking for opportunities. The second round continued with Edwards attempting the takedown, but Van Steenis dominated the exchanges in the clinch. Edwards received warnings for holding his opponent&#8217;s gloves.\n\nIn the third round, after one minute and 28 seconds, Edwards attempted a takedown again, but Van Steenis defended and ended the fight with elbows, securing the defense of his title.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Featured Results<\/h2>\n\n\nIn the co-main event, AJ McKee proved his worth with a unanimous decision victory over Adam Borics, solidifying his position as a PFL title contender.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costello van Steenis defended his PFL middleweight title by knocking out Fabian Edwards in an exciting fight held in Madrid. The event, which marked the debut of a major MMA event in Spain, saw Van Steenis demonstrate his dominance in front of an enthusiastic audience. A Decisive Knockout In the third round, as Edwards tried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[6251,4916,478,479],"class_list":{"0":"post-115644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-costello-van-steenis","9":"tag-fabian-edwards","10":"tag-mma","11":"tag-pfl"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}