Bellator 229 will not go down as one of the better nights in Joe Schilling ’s combat sports career. Schilling (4-6 MMA, 3-3 BMMA), the former kickboxing champion turned MMA fighter, suffered a brutal third-round knockout loss to Tony Johnson (9-2 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) on Friday at Bellator 229, which took place at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif., and aired on Paramount following prelims on MMA Junkie. The fight was seemingly going his way until Johnson landed a devastating fight-ending shot that put the lights out. After the loss, Schilling revealed in a social media video that he barely made it to the cage to compete. “I’m having a hard time making this video to be honest because it kind of goes against everything I stand for,” Schilling said. “But I do have some things I need to let out of the bag.
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