{"id":91918,"date":"2026-05-25T18:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/91918\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:59:12","slug":"joe-schilling-defiant-following-bizarre-stoppage-loss-at-pfl-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/91918\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Schilling defiant following bizarre stoppage loss at PFL Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Sherdog Sports;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Sherdog Sports\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"140\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/sherdog_light.png\"\/><\/a>Mon, May 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"651\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_sherdog_sports_articles_190\/ddf58139354d8e798acb2b0f41b9d147.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Schilling&#8217;s first MMA fight since 2019 ended incontroversy. | PFL MMA<a data-ylk=\"slk:JoeSchilling;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Joe-Schilling-28129\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSchilling<\/a>\u2019s first mixed martial arts appearance in more thansix years ended in unusual fashion at <a data-ylk=\"slk:PFL Brussels;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Professional-Fighters-League-PFL-Brussels-Habirora-vs-Henderson-111953\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PFL Brussels<\/a>.Schilling was on his back during a light heavyweight matchupagainst <a data-ylk=\"slk:DonegiAbena;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Donegi-Abena-496172\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">DonegiAbena<\/a> when his opponent headbutted him while inside guard.\u201cStitch \u2018Em Up\u201d was visibly angry as the bout was halted due to thefoul. The fight appeared ready to resume after referee Mike Beltrantook a point from Abena, but Schilling decided to call it quitswhen the fighters were repositioned on the canvas. As a result,Schilling suffered a technical knockout loss due to retirement atthe 36-second mark of Round 1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One of the Coolest Moments of My Life&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The former Glory Kickboxing standout reacted to the incident in apost on Instagram.&#8221;One of the coolest moments of my life,&#8221; Schilling wrote.&#8221;Everything else is just noise. I know exactly who I am and so doesmy family. Most of you talking s\u2014t couldn\u2019t hold my jock strap. Myopponent also [knows] exactly who he is and that\u2019s on him. GodBless.\u201dSchilling hadn\u2019t competed in MMA since Oct. 4, 2019, when hesuffered a 36-second TKO defeat to <a data-ylk=\"slk:TonyJohnson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tony-Johnson-41069\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TonyJohnson<\/a> at Bellator 229. The 42-year-old Californian is 4-7 inMMA overall, with his most notable victory coming via second-roundKO over <a data-ylk=\"slk:MelvinManhoef;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Melvin-Manhoef-4296\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">MelvinManhoef<\/a> in November 2014.The fight was Abena\u2019s pro MMA debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, May 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM UTC Joe Schilling&#8217;s first MMA fight since 2019 ended incontroversy. |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,210,28030,28029,48344,48343],"class_list":["post-91918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-belgium","tag-brussels","tag-donegi-abena","tag-joe-schilling","tag-mma-fight","tag-pfl-mma"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116636756486889027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}