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The card served as a stepping stone for the "Eternal pathway," which has successfully transitioned fighters like Jack Della Maddalena and Casey O’Neill to the UFC. Eternal 71 Championship Summary (October 2022) Result Note Bantamweight Captured vacant title at Eternal 71 Featherweight Justin Van Heerden Finished 2022 as champion Lightweight David Martinez Re-captured belt in late 2022 Welterweight Kaleb Rideout Successful title defense in 2022 Middleweight Secured belt via first-round TKO Rod Costa has double-champ ambitions ahead of Eternal 71.

Costa secured the championship with a dominant performance, solidifying his status as one of the most popular fighters in Western Australia and ending the year as one of the promotion's five major titleholders . Event Highlights ETERNAL 71

The central narrative of Eternal 71 was the crowning of Rod Costa as the Bantamweight Champion. The card served as a stepping stone for

The event featured a stacked lineup of local talent in Perth, including veteran Shaun "The Buzzsaw" Etchell , a former champion who returned to the cage for a high-stakes main event bout . Event Highlights The central narrative of Eternal 71

After years of competing under the Eternal banner and suffering a previous title-fight loss at featherweight, Costa moved down to the bantamweight division to reinvent his career.

Eternal 71 was a key chapter in a 2022 season that saw six new champions crowned across seven weight classes.

The "story" of is defined by a major milestone in Australian mixed martial arts: Rod Costa finally achieving his championship dreams . Held in Perth on October 29, 2022, the event was a pivotal moment in a year described by the promotion as a "pathway of excellence" for local fighters. Rod Costa’s Title Journey