PFL Madrid: van Steenis vs. Edwards 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that will take place on March 20, 2026, at the Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid, Spain.
Fight Card
Main card (ESPN+)
Middleweight Costello van Steenis (c) vs. Fabian Edwards 185 lbs Middleweight Championship
Featherweight A.J. McKee vs. Ádám Borics 145 lbs
Welterweight Franco Tenaglia vs. Yassin Najid 170 lbs
Women's Strawweight Jacinta Austin vs. Benita van Rooij 115 lbs
Heavyweight Linton Vassell vs. José Augusto Azevedo 265 lbs
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Bantamweight Kevin Cordero vs. Luciano Pereira 135 lbs
Flyweight Rafael Calderón vs. Borja García 125 lbs
Lightweight Gino van Steenis vs. Mark Ewen 155 lbs
Bantamweight Mattia Giordano vs. Ernesto Schisano 135 lbs
Catchweight Claudio Pacella vs. David Mora 160 lbs
Featherweight Ignacio Campos vs. Mathys Duragrin 145 lbs
Background
PFL Madrid will be headlined by PFL Middleweight World Champion Costello “The Spaniard” van Steenis (17-3), and will look to defend his title in Spain against the 2025 PFL Middleweight World Tournament Champion and No. 2-ranked Middleweight Fabian “The Assassin” Edwards (16-4).
Van Steenis, representing Spain, will fulfil his dream by bringing the PFL to Madrid as a PFL World Champion. It follows his historic victory in Cape Town this past July as he snatched the title from the jaws of defeat as he submitted the previously undefeated king of the Middleweight division, Johnny Eblen, with a rear-naked choke in the last 10 seconds of round five. Having previously defeated Fabian Edwards in a closely contested split decision win over five rounds in 2020, he will go into the bout with the belief that he is too much for the Englishman.
Edwards won three consecutive bouts in 2025 to become the PFL Middleweight World Tournament Champion, with a head kick knockout heard around the world as he emphatically ended his rivalry with Dalton Rosta in the third round to take home the title. He will be heading to Madrid full of confidence, and after winning the first fight against van Steenis on one judge’s scorecard, he’ll know that he’ll have to leave it all in the cage if he is to take the World Title back to Birmingham.
The event will mark the organization debut in Spain.
A PFL Middleweight World Championship bout between current champion Costello van Steenis and Fabian Edwards is scheduled to headline the event. The pair previously met at Bellator Milan 2 in September 2020, which van Steenis won the bout by split decision.
PFL Origins: Costello Van Steenis vs. Fabian Edwards | PFL Madrid
