Costello van Steenis
SpainCostello van Steenis, “The Spaniard”, is a Middleweight from Spain with an official record of 18-3. Cage Brothers holds 16 of those bouts: 13 wins and 3 losses, the wins coming 5 by knockout, 5 by submission and 2 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a third-round knockout win over Fabian Edwards at PFL Madrid: Van Steenis vs. Edwards 2 on 20 March 2026, the third win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Fabian EdwardsTitle | WIN | KOElbows | R3 · 1:48 | PFL Madrid: Van Steenis vs. Edwards 2 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Johnny EblenTitle | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R5 · 4:51 | PFL Champions Series Cape Town: Eblen vs. van Steenis |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Joao Dantas | WIN | KOKO (Head Kick) | R1 · 0:48 | 2024 PFL MENA Championship |
| May 17, 2024 | Gregory Babene | WIN | SUBVon Flue Choke | R2 · 2:16 | Bellator Champions Series Paris: Mix vs. Magomedov 2 |
| May 12, 2023 | Douglas Lima | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 296: Mousasi vs. Edwards |
| Oct 29, 2022 | Kamil Oniszczuk | WIN | SUBBrabo Choke | R2 · 3:02 | Bellator 287: Piccolotti vs. Barnaoui |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Fabian Edwards | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator Europe: Edwards vs. van Steenis |
| Nov 8, 2019 | John Salter | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 233: Salter vs. Van Steenis |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Mike Shipman | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 1:34 | Bellator 223: Mousasi vs. Lovato Jr. |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Chris Honeycutt | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 210: Njokuani vs. Salter |
| May 25, 2018 | Kevin Fryer | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 1:20 | Bellator 200: Carvalho vs. Mousasi |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Steve Skrzat | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 2:52 | Bellator 185: Mousasi vs. Shlemenko |
| Mar 4, 2017 | Marcin Naruszczka | WIN | DQDQ (Kicking a Downed Opponent) | R2 · - | PLMMA 72: Lomianki |
| Aug 27, 2016 | Ronan McKay | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | CPL: Combat Performance League |
| Dec 12, 2015 | Jake Bostwick | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | PFN: Phoenix Fight 28 |
| Mar 28, 2015 | Andy Manzolo | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 1:00 | PFN: Phoenix Fight Night 25 |
Wins, losses and draws are Costello van Steenis’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 15 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Costello van Steenis’s record, in numbers
Costello van Steenis’s official record is 18-3. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 16 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 13 wins, 3 losses — because 5 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 13 wins break down as 5 by knockout, 5 by submission and 2 by decision — 10 of 13 inside the distance, a finish rate of 77%. Across the 15 of 16 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 9 minutes 15 seconds.
Costello van Steenis has never been stopped in the 16 bouts on file; all 3 losses went to a decision. The last 3 bouts on file are all wins.
Of the 16 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title and 4 were the main event of the card. Two of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 396 Middleweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Costello van Steenis has a finish rate above 56% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 88% of them and a two-year bout count above 68% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Costello van Steenis is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 77in and is 34, born 27 July 1992.
These figures are recomputed from Costello van Steenis’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.