LONDON – Dutch finisher Costello van Steenis may be getting ready to face a Brit at Bellator London this week, but the 26-year-old middleweight prospect says he’ll feel right at home on English soil. Ahead of his all-European clash with Brit Mike Shipman at the SSE Arena on Saturday, van Steenis (11-1 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) said he’s entering very familiar territory. “Oh man, fighting in London, in England … it’s like fighting at home,” van Steenis told MMA Junkie. “I started my professional career in Holland – I had two or three fights> Then I think I fought six or seven fights in the U.K. I have family and friends over there, as well. It’s like going to my neighbor’s place.” Van Steenis arrived in Bellator as one of European MMA’s hottest middleweight prospects, and the Dutchman hasn’t disappointed on the big stage so far.
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