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    PFL Africa insanity! Costello van Steenis sleeps Johnny Eblen at buzzer

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    PFL Africa insanity! Costello van Steenis sleeps Johnny Eblen at buzzer
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    If he does nothing else, Costello van Steenis will always be remembered for Saturday’s fight.

    Not only did he become PFL middleweight champion, van Steenis (17-3) did so in improbable fashion when he submitted Johnny Eblen with nine seconds left in their five-round bout. The stoppage came at 4:51 of Round 5.

    The middleweight clash headlined PFL Africa at GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Eblen (16-1) had utilized his strong wrestling base and relentless pressure to largely dominate van Steenis the entire fight prior to his demise.

    Entering Round 5, Eblen was up 39-37 on two judges’ scorecards with a third having the fight tied 38-38.

    Eblen got the fight down to the ground midway through Round 5 and took van Steenis’ back. With approximately 45 seconds left on the clock, Eblen made a fatal mistake and fell off the top.

    Van Steenis slickly flipped the script, got Eblen’s back, locked in a rear-naked choke, and put Eblen to sleep.

    A longtime training partner of Gegard Mousasi, van Steenis built his name in Bellator where he went 7-2 prior to PFL’s merger. A 48-second head kick in his PFL debut earned him a crack at Eblen, who had never lost prior to Saturday’s bout.

    Up-to-the-minute PFL Africa results include:

    • Costello van Steenis def. Johnny Eblen via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 5, 4:51
    • Dakota Ditcheva def. Sumiko Inaba via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-24)
    • A.J. McKee def. Akhmed Magomedov via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
    • Artur Zaynukov def. Takeshi Izumi via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
    • Corey Anderson def. Denis Goltsov via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 3:28
    • Nkosi Ndebele def. Mahmoud Atef via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:50
    • Maxwell Djantou Nana def. Mickael Groguhe via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25)
    • Boule Godogo def. Shannon van Tonder via split decision (30-26, 28-29, 29-27)
    • Justin Clarke def. Jashell Ticha Awa via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 1, 5:00
    • Karim Henniene def. Asiashu Tshitamba via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
    • Joffie Houlton def. Abdoulaye Kane via DQ (illegal knee) – Round 1, 0:40
    • Simbarashe Hokonya def. Frans Mlambo via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-25)
    • Abraham Bably def. Paul-Emmanuel Gnaze via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 4:59
    • Juliet Ukah def. Ceileigh Niedermayr via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
    Africa buzzer Costello Eblen insanity Johnny PFL sleeps Steenis Van
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