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Video: Ex-kickboxer & Bellator fighter Joe Schilling in violent barroom confrontation

Former GLORY Tournament champ and Bellator middleweight Joe Schilling was involved in a recent dispute at a bar that was caught on video. It went exactly how you’d expect a kickboxer/mma fighter vs. drunk dude to go.

Footage emerged of former GLORY Tournament Champion & Bellator fighter Joe Schilling assaulting a man in a bar dispute. The fighter took it to social media and claims it was self-defense, during a "life-threatening experience". pic.twitter.com/cybXpPJWFT

— Beyond Kickboxing (@Beyond_Kick) June 28, 2021

From what is seen on the video, it’s not quite clear why the situation escalated so quickly.