Joe Schilling signs multi-fight deal


Joe Schilling has signed a multi-fight deal with Las Vegas-based Muay Thai fight organization, Lion Fight Promotions. In today’s rising Muay Thai industry, Schilling is the first fighter to sign an exclusive deal.


Schilling’s first fight under this new deal will be at Lion Fight Promotions “Battle in the Desert 5” against Simon Marcus from Canada. The bout is anticipated by many to be Schilling’s toughest test to date.

For Muay Thai fans that means that if you want to see Joe Schilling fight in America, you better book your plane ticket to Las Vegas. The February 25th event at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will Schilling vs. Marcus at the main event, as well as Lion Fight Promotions regular Chaz Mulkey taking on Frances’ Gregory Choplin.


Below is the official press release from Lion Fight Promotions on Schilling’s new deal.


LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Jan. 5, 2012) – WBC Interim World Light Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion Joe Schilling (12-1 (10 KO’s), one of America’s premiere American combatants, has signed a new multi-fight agreement with leading Las Vegas-based Muay Thai fight organization, Lion Fight Promotions.


The 27 year-old Los Angeles, Calif. resident will kick off his new contract when he squares off with top contender Simon Marcus (42-2-2 (24 KO’s) of Toronto, Ontario Canada in the main event of Lion Fight Promotions: Battle In The Desert 5, Live from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Sat., Feb. 25.


Ticket on-sale information for Battle In The Desert 5, Live from The Joint will be announced soon as will the remainder of the fight card.

“Lion Fight Promotions is taking the bull by the horns as far as bringing the sport of Muay Thai to mainstream America and making it a major sport here, so it’s the perfect home for me because Muay Thai is my life and I want to fight the best fighters out there on a big stage ,” said the 6-foot-3 Schilling, who has been referred to as “Muay Thai’s version of Mike Tyson” for his merciless style of fighting in the ring.

“Joe Schilling is one of the best talents in the sport of Muay Thai today,” said Lion Fight Promotions President Scott Kent. “He’s explosive, brutal and he has a burning desire to become one of the all-time greats in our incredible sport. We’re excited to have him on board with Lion Fight Promotions for the long run and we’re looking forward to putting on some great shows with him.”

Schilling is coming off a stunning first round KO of former K-1 World Grand Prix tournament champion and decorated Muay Thai champion Kaoklai Kaennorsing of Bangkok, Thailand on Oct 21 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles . Schilling put Kaennorsing down for the first time just 25 seconds into the matchup with a powerful right hook to the head and, a second time with a straight right hand 42 seconds into the fight.

After recovering from the second knockdown, Kaennorsing did his best to tie up the aggressive Schilling, who found his mark once again at 2:46 of the first round, crumbling Kaennorsing with another hard right hand that prompted the referee to stop the fight and award Schilling his greatest victory to date.

The Feb. 25 fight with Marcus will mark Schilling’s second career fight with Lion Fight Promotions. Last Aug. 20, Schilling captured the WBC USA light heavyweight title by scoring a brutal first round (2:38) KO on Brandon Banda with a straight left knee strike to the jaw that rendered Banda unconscious on the canvas. 

“I’m not going to outpoint (Marcus). I’m going to knock him out. That’s what I do,” said Schilling.

Schilling, a native of Dayton, Ohio, comes from the school of hard knocks. Raised by a single mother, Schilling, the youngest of three boys, was expelled from four different schools before reaching high school when he suddenly discovered his passion that would give him direction and focus – martial arts, namely Muay Thai style kickboxing.

Not long after being kicked out of his home at age 17, Schilling acted on his dream of relocating to California. He touched down in Los Angeles where he found a Muay Thai trainer in Mark Komuro.

Together, Schilling and Komuro eventually converted a former jail in Lincoln Heights, a lower income section of Los Angeles, into a Muay Thai gym and named their training camp “The Yard,” after the outdoor location in jailhouses where prisoners do assigned work.

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I have literally never heard of the canadian. info?

Type his name in on youtube there are quite a few of his fights uploaded

Looks strong fast and clinical

the canadian lad (simon) has a lot of amature experience winning gold and silver at the ifma's. hes a good very strong fighter super fit and very strong.

Really? Nephilim? Marcus is in MPL. Any how.. MArcus to use his experience and take the win....

Simon Marcus is shit hot!!! seen him fight alot and hes is wicked real clinical muaythai technique he trained at buakaws gym for a long time.

Dangerous with elbows simon though schilling can bang like to see them both v artem levin who is a monster x

Simon Marcus MPL open work out

he trained at the same gym as me j! may be went to por pramuk but spent most of his time with us, him and matt another good lad

North American Light Heavyweight Rankings 1/9/2012
In addition to pound for pound rankings, Muay Thai Authority will now begin to rank fighters by weight class. The top five fighters in each weight class will be ranked in order from one to five. For a weight class to receive rankings there has to be at least five fighters that qualify to be ranked. If a weight class has two outstanding fighters, but there are not three other pro fighters that merit being in the rankings then there will be no rankings for that weight class. Below are the Light Heavyweight North American rankings, the fourth individual weight class to be ranked by Muay Thai Authority. The remainder of the weight classes will be released in the upcoming weeks.


1. Joe Schilling (12-1)
Schilling has caught the North American Muay Thai scene by storm with his aggressive and brutal fighting style. He goes into fights to finish his opponents and his fighting style makes him a fan favorite. His biggest win to date came against Kaoklai Kaennorsing in October, when he KO’d the Thai fighter in the opening round. Schilling how now signed a multi-fight deal with Lion Fight Promotions and his next bout will be February 25th against Canada’s Simon Marcus. All eyes’ are on Schilling now so his fight against Marcus is expected to be huge as two of the best in North America take on one another.

2. Simon Marcus (23-0)
Marcus is young, powerful and deadly. The Canadian recently scored a (T)KO victory in China and his next bout will be against American powerhouse Joe Schilling. Fans were in full support of Marcus when he fought in Long Beach as part of the MPL in September. People are excited about his upcoming fight with Schilling and are expecting him to give Schilling the toughest test of his career. It will be interested to see how Marcus reacts to Schillings early onslaught in what is expected to be a huge fight for North America as well as Schilling and Marcus.


3. Travis Lerchen (9-1)
Lerchen has spent recent years focusing on MMA while taking the occasional Muay Thai fight. He is currently set to face Alex Berrios at Friday Night Fights season opener on January 20th in New York. Lerchen defeated Dave Finz by split decision in his pervious fight at Friday Night Fights “Fall Brawl” on November 4th. The only loss of his career came via disqualification against Francisco Marin.





4. Alex Berrios (6-2)
Berrios will be looking to rebound from his loss to Joseph Valtellini on January 20th when he takes on Travis Lerchen for Friday Night Fights in New York. Berrios had taken some time off from fighting to finish school and returned in 2010 with a (T)KO win over Rigel Balsamico in July. Lerchen is a solid test for Berrios and it will be interested to see how he comes back after the only stoppage loss of his career (Joseph Valtellini).





5. Dorian Price (21-8)
Price has spent the past nine months training in Thailand training and fighting. He has gone 8-2 in that span. Price has stated he is looking to come back to the states and compete here. His next bout, however, will be in MMA. Price has stated that his main focus will be Muay Thai from now one after spending a few years dabbling in MMA.





Rankings qualification - Fighters are not to be inactive for any period longer than 12 months or they will be dropped from the rankings unless a fight is schedule within a month from the date they become ineligible. Fighter's that compete in two weight classes will be assigned a weight class that they compete in regularly or hold a major title in.

Joe Schillng reckons Artem levin , Simon Marcus and Steven Walkeling are all over rated,

I had to laugh when I read him saying that on Facebook 2 days ago.


Hey Paulus what gym where you at?

Simon Marcus, is he like 7 ft tall or is his thai padman really tiny?

How can you rank Schilling above Marcus if Marcus is undefeated in 23 fights and Schilling has only had 13 with a loss?

i thought marcus should of lost in the mpl

Wot weight is light heavyweight in kg?

elitekev 79 kilo's i believe.

it was siam #1 in chiang mai which has pinsinchai coaches, its a different gym now under new ownership, wor.santai