BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » costello van steenis https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month for November: Ming Shi’s head kick flattens Xiaocan Feng https://www.badmma.com/mma-junkies-knockout-of-the-month-for-november-ming-shis-head-kick-flattens-xiaocan-feng.html https://www.badmma.com/mma-junkies-knockout-of-the-month-for-november-ming-shis-head-kick-flattens-xiaocan-feng.html#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2024 02:07:52 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/mma-junkies-knockout-of-the-month-for-november-ming-shis-head-kick-flattens-xiaocan-feng.html With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from November 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for November. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice. * * * * Nominees

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/mma-junkies-knockout-of-the-month-for-november-ming-shis-head-kick-flattens-xiaocan-feng.html/feed 0 MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month for May: Anthony Smith’s first career guillotine halts unbeaten run https://www.badmma.com/mma-junkies-submission-of-the-month-for-may-anthony-smiths-first-career-guillotine-halts-unbeaten-run.html https://www.badmma.com/mma-junkies-submission-of-the-month-for-may-anthony-smiths-first-career-guillotine-halts-unbeaten-run.html#comments Tue, 28 May 2024 02:52:27 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/mma-junkies-submission-of-the-month-for-may-anthony-smiths-first-career-guillotine-halts-unbeaten-run.html With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from May 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for May. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/mma-junkies-submission-of-the-month-for-may-anthony-smiths-first-career-guillotine-halts-unbeaten-run.html/feed 0 Bellator Champions Series video: Costello van Steenis puts Gregory Babene to sleep with Von Flue choke https://www.badmma.com/bellator-champions-series-video-costello-van-steenis-puts-gregory-babene-to-sleep-with-von-flue-choke.html https://www.badmma.com/bellator-champions-series-video-costello-van-steenis-puts-gregory-babene-to-sleep-with-von-flue-choke.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2024 21:01:54 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/bellator-champions-series-video-costello-van-steenis-puts-gregory-babene-to-sleep-with-von-flue-choke.html Add Costello van Steenis to the list of fighters to successfully pull off a Von Flue choke in a major promotion. In a middleweight bout on the Bellator Champions Series: Paris main card, Van Steenis (15-3) put Gregory Babene (23-12) to sleep at 2:16 of Round 2. The event took place at Accor Arena

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/bellator-champions-series-video-costello-van-steenis-puts-gregory-babene-to-sleep-with-von-flue-choke.html/feed 0 Ex-champ Douglas Lima moves back to 185, meets Costello Van Steenis at Bellator Paris https://www.badmma.com/ex-champ-douglas-lima-moves-back-to-185-meets-costello-van-steenis-at-bellator-paris.html https://www.badmma.com/ex-champ-douglas-lima-moves-back-to-185-meets-costello-van-steenis-at-bellator-paris.html#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:01:27 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/ex-champ-douglas-lima-moves-back-to-185-meets-costello-van-steenis-at-bellator-paris.html A former Bellator welterweight champion is moving back up a division, and he has his first assignment. Douglas Lima (32-11 MMA, 14-7 BMMA) has been booked for a middleweight matchup against Costello van Steenis (14-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) when Bellator returns to France this spring.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/ex-champ-douglas-lima-moves-back-to-185-meets-costello-van-steenis-at-bellator-paris.html/feed 0 Costello van Steenis aims to put fear in Bellator middleweight division after climbing out of ‘dark hole’ https://www.badmma.com/costello-van-steenis-aims-to-put-fear-in-bellator-middleweight-division-after-climbing-out-of-dark-hole.html https://www.badmma.com/costello-van-steenis-aims-to-put-fear-in-bellator-middleweight-division-after-climbing-out-of-dark-hole.html#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:42:49 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/costello-van-steenis-aims-to-put-fear-in-bellator-middleweight-division-after-climbing-out-of-dark-hole.html Everything was going great for Costello van Steenis at the tail end of 2020. He’d won seven of eight fights, was coming off his first Bellator main event win over Fabian Edwards, and seemed in position to make a run at the middleweight title. Just when van Steenis (14-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) was hitting the point at which the opportunities he’d worked a lifetime for were just around the corner, it all fell apart and he wasn’t seen again for 25 months.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/costello-van-steenis-aims-to-put-fear-in-bellator-middleweight-division-after-climbing-out-of-dark-hole.html/feed 0 Lorenz Larkin in need of new Bellator 258 opponent; one other bout scrapped https://www.badmma.com/lorenz-larkin-in-need-of-new-bellator-258-opponent-one-other-bout-scrapped.html https://www.badmma.com/lorenz-larkin-in-need-of-new-bellator-258-opponent-one-other-bout-scrapped.html#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2021 01:30:44 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/lorenz-larkin-in-need-of-new-bellator-258-opponent-one-other-bout-scrapped.html Bellator 258 has taken a pair of hits with one resulting in a fight cancellation. With Costello van Steenis out, Lorenz Larkin is in need of a new preliminary card opponent.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/lorenz-larkin-in-need-of-new-bellator-258-opponent-one-other-bout-scrapped.html/feed 0 Fabian Edwards, Costello van Steenis set for Milan showdown at Bellator Europe 8 https://www.badmma.com/fabian-edwards-costello-van-steenis-set-for-milan-showdown-at-bellator-europe-8.html https://www.badmma.com/fabian-edwards-costello-van-steenis-set-for-milan-showdown-at-bellator-europe-8.html#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:31:51 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/fabian-edwards-costello-van-steenis-set-for-milan-showdown-at-bellator-europe-8.html Two of the top middleweight talents on Bellator’s European roster are set to collide in Italy as England’s Fabian Edwards puts his undefeated record on the line against Dutch contender Costello van Steenis . The two 185-pound contenders will go head to head in the main event of Bellator Europe 8, which takes place Sept. 26 at the Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy. Bellator officially confirmed the matchup Tuesday. The fight marks Edwards’ (9-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) return to action for the first time since his split-decision victory over fellow countryman Mike Shipman at Bellator Europe 6 last November. That victory capped off a successful year for the Birmingham native, who went 4-0 inside the Bellator cage in 2019 following a stint with UK promotion BAMMA

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/fabian-edwards-costello-van-steenis-set-for-milan-showdown-at-bellator-europe-8.html/feed 0 European middleweights Fabian Edwards, Costello van Steenis set for Milan showdown https://www.badmma.com/european-middleweights-fabian-edwards-costello-van-steenis-set-for-milan-showdown.html https://www.badmma.com/european-middleweights-fabian-edwards-costello-van-steenis-set-for-milan-showdown.html#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:23:23 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/european-middleweights-fabian-edwards-costello-van-steenis-set-for-milan-showdown.html Two of the top middleweight talents on Bellator’s European roster are set to collide in Italy as England’s Fabian Edwards puts his undefeated record on the line against Dutch contender Costello van Steenis . The two 185-pound contenders will go head to head in the main event of Bellator Europe 8, which takes place Sept.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/european-middleweights-fabian-edwards-costello-van-steenis-set-for-milan-showdown.html/feed 0 Video: Relive Bellator 233 on MMA Junkie https://www.badmma.com/video-relive-bellator-233-on-mma-junkie.html https://www.badmma.com/video-relive-bellator-233-on-mma-junkie.html#comments Tue, 05 May 2020 23:06:19 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/video-relive-bellator-233-on-mma-junkie.html You can watch a live replay of Bellator 233 right here on MMA Junkie, beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT)

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/video-relive-bellator-233-on-mma-junkie.html/feed 0 Bellator free fight: John Salter hands Costello van Steenis his first promotional loss https://www.badmma.com/bellator-free-fight-john-salter-hands-costello-van-steenis-his-first-promotional-loss.html https://www.badmma.com/bellator-free-fight-john-salter-hands-costello-van-steenis-his-first-promotional-loss.html#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:07:11 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/bellator-free-fight-john-salter-hands-costello-van-steenis-his-first-promotional-loss.html John Salter has a lot of momentum behind him. A top Bellator middleweight contender, Salter (17-4 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) has won nine of his most recent 10 fights. His lone loss came to future Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Lovato Jr. in September 2018. Salter’s most recent fight took place at Bellator 233 in November 2019. In his first Bellator main event, Salter squared off with rising Dutch contender Costello van Steenis

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