Joe Schilling: Defying the odds, defying the age
The kickboxer talked about some of the grizzled American fighters whose recent success helped inspire him to return to MMA for the first time since 2019, this Saturday at PFL Brussels.
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As a world champion and legendary name in kickboxing and muay thai, Joe Schilling loves two things: competition and challenges. For the first time since 2019, Schilling will compete in a MMA event, taking on Donegi Abena at PFL Brussels , feeling as if he has unfinished business. In an interview with Sherdog.
com, Schilling discussed how this fight came about, how his family influenced him to take it, and the journey he’s had through his career. Getting an early morning phone call about this fight, Schilling said he thought about his son and the opponent he was offered, all leading him to say yes. “I’ve still got it.
” “I liked the matchup right away when they offered it to me,” he said. “My son is a huge fan of mine in the fight game and he was going through my record the other day. I had 14 or 15 fights against world champions and that’s something I’m proud of.
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