Steenis vs Oniszczuk

Who won Steenis vs Oniszczuk?

Costello van Steenis beat Kamil Oniszczuk by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of Bellator Milan, on Saturday 29th October 2022 at Allianz Cloud Arena in Milan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Steenis vs Oniszczuk stats

Costello van Steenis stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Kamil Oniszczuk made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Costello van Steenis' 9th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Costello van Steenis' Bellator record stood at 7-2-0, while Kamil Oniszczuk's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Oniszczuk had an advantage in power over Steenis, with a 44% knock out percentage over Steenis' 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Steenis had a large advantage over Oniszczuk, boasting a 38% submission rate over Oniszczuk's 11%.

Costello van Steenis was the older man by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Oniszczuk had a height advantage of 2 inches over Steenis.

Steenis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 11 months earlier than Oniszczuk, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 34 to Oniszczuk's 27.

Steenis vs Oniszczuk form

Steenis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Douglas Lima at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had won against Kamil Oniszczuk at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Fabian Edwards at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan.

Before that, he had been beaten by John Salter at Bellator 233 on 8th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, United States.

He had defeated Mike Shipman at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at SSE Arena, London, England.

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Steenis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Steenis vs Oniszczuk?

Costello van Steenis was a 7/20 (-290) favourite going into the contest, while Kamil Oniszczuk made his way into the ring at 39/20 (+200) with oddsmakers.