PFL Madrid Full Card Locked In For March 20 At Palacio Vistalegre
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) today announced the full card for PFL Madrid on Friday, March 20 at the Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid, Spain.
The latest additions to the card includes former BKFC Lightweight Champion Franco “El Rey de la Calle” Tenaglia (5-2), born in Argentina and training out of Alicante, Spain, who will make PFL his home with a huge debut at PFL Madrid. Across the cage will stand France’s Yassin “The Scientist” Najid (9-5), who’s coming to spoil the party for Tenaglia and his Spanish fans.
Also added to the card are two Bantamweights who live and train in Spain, who will go toe-to-toe in Madrid. Moroccan-born Reda “The Lynx” Abdellaoui (3-0), who lives in Tenerife and trains out of Fight Club Moi Rui, will stand opposite Italy’s Ernesto “El Potro” Schisano (5-1), who lives in Madrid and trains out of Kiofu.
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.
Tickets for PFL Madrid are on-sale now via pfl.info/madrid, and the event will stream live in the U.S. on the ESPN App, exclusively for fans with access to an ESPN Unlimited Plan, and Movistar Plus+ in Spain.
Completed PFL Madrid Main Card:
Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain
6 pm CET Event Start | 5 pm GMT | 12 pm EST | Friday March 20
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PFL Middleweight World Title Main Event: C-Costello van Steenis (17-3) vs. #2-Fabian Edwards (16-4)
Featherweight Co-Main Event: #2-AJ McKee (23-2) vs. #4-Ádám Borics (20-3)
Lightweight Bout: #8-Alexandr Shabliy (24-4) vs. Acoidan Duque (22-5)
Welterweight Bout: Franco Tenaglia (5-2) vs. Yassin Najid (9-5)
Heavyweight Bout: #4-Linton Vassell (25-10) vs. #3-Denis Goltsov (36-9)
Completed PFL Madrid Preliminary Card:
Saturday March 20
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Bantamweight Bout: Kevin Cordero (15-5) vs. Luciano Pereira (15-1)
Flyweight Bout: Borja Garcia (6-2) vs. Rafael Calderon (6-2)
Lightweight Bout: Gino van Steenis (7-2) vs. Mark Ewen (7-2)
Bantamweight Bout: Reda Abdellaoui (3-0) vs. Ernesto Schisano (5-1)
Contract Weight Bout (165 lbs): David Mora (10-6) vs. Claudio Pacella (6-3)
Featherweight Bout: Ignacio Campos (6-2) vs. Mathys Duragrin (4-2)
Women’s Strawweight Bout: Jacinta Austin (8-2) vs. Victoria Dudakova (9-2)
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