PFL Champions Series 2
PFL Champions Series 2: Eblen vs. van Steenis and PFL Africa 1: 2025 First Round was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on July 19, 2025, at GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, South Africa.
Background
The event marked the promotion's debut in South Africa, which became the 14th country to held a PFL and WSOF event. This also the first event to held in Africa region. On May 20, the promotion announced that they've changed the date for their from July 26 to July 19 instead.A PFL Middleweight World Championship bout between current champion Johnny Eblen and Costello van Steenis headlined the event.
The event also featured the quarterfinals of 2025 PFL Africa Tournament in a heavyweight and bantamweight divisions.
At the weigh-ins, Shannon van Tonder weighed in at 136.2 pounds, 0.2 pounds over the bantamweight limit and he was fined a percentage of his purse, which went to Boule Godogo.