The best MMA fighters in the world travel to South Africa for PFL Cape Town. In the champions series, the the main card pits American Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) vs. Spanish fighter Costello van Steenis (16-3-0) in a middleweight title bout. This is the first matchup between Eblen and van Steenis, while both fighters have the …
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The best MMA fighters in the world travel to South Africa for PFL Cape Town. In the champions series, the the main card pits American Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) vs. Spanish fighter Costello van Steenis (16-3-0) in a middleweight title bout.
This is the first matchup between Eblen and van Steenis, while both fighters have the same win record at 16 apiece. However, van Steenis has three losses to Eblen zero. For PFL Cape Town, Johnny Eblen is the heavy favorite for victory.
Want to watch PFL Cape Town 2025 online? Here’s what you need to know.
When Is PFL Cape Town? Date, Time
PFL Champions Series Cape Town takes place tonight, Saturday, July 19 from Grandwest Arena in Cape Town, South Africa. The main card starting at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.
PFL Cape Town Livestream: How to Watch PFL Online
Get an ESPN+ subscription here for $11.99/month, which will get you instant access to the livestream for PFL Champions Series Cape Town online. Unlike pay-per-view events, PFL is available to stream online free for ESPN+ subscribers.
An ESPN+ subscription lets you stream all PFL events for free, from your smart TV, laptop, tablet or smartphone via the ESPN app with up to three streams on devices at the same time. Right now, fans can get access to ESPN+ for PFL events for just $11.99/month.
But what’s the best value? You can grab the Disney Trio Bundle deal here, which gets you ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu starting at $17.99/month. The deep discount saves you nearly 40% off versus signing up for each streaming service one-by-one.
Outside of the U.S.? You can also watch PFL Champions Series Cape Town with a VPN, if you’re not in the U.S. You can sign-up for ExpressVPN here starting at just $6.67/month for 12 months and set your location to the U.S. You’ll then be able to watch PFL Cape Town 2025 on ESPN+ from anywhere in the world.
Check out the full fight card below, and stream PFL Champions Series Cape Town on ESPN+ here.
PFL Cape Town: Main Card, 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT — ESPN+
- Middleweight: Johnny Eblen (champion) vs. Costello van Steenis — Main Event, Title Fight
- Women’s Flyweight: Dakota Ditcheva vs. Sumiko Inaba — Co-Main Event
- Featherweight: A. J. McKee vs. Akhmed Magomedov
- Lightweight: Makkasharip Zaynukov vs. Takeshi Izumi
- Heavyweight: Corey Anderson vs. Denis Goltsov
Stream the livestream feed of PFL Champions Series Cape Town online via ESPN+.
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