One of the top knockouts from 2015 came from Hisaki Kato, who flattened Joe Schilling with this extraordinary one-punch KO at Bellator 139 in June. While Kato has had two MMA bouts since that win, Schilling has switched to his more comfortable role as a kickboxer, where his last 3 fights have all come under the GLORY banner.
On Friday night, during the Bellator 155 broadcast, the Kato vs. Schilling rematch was announced for Bellator’s Kickboxing 2 on June 24th in St. Louis, Missouri. The event immediately follows Bellator: Dynamite 2, which also airs on Spike TV.
Schilling (2-5 MMA, 19-8 kickboxing) is coming off a majority decision loss to Jason Wilnis at GLORY 30 in Los Angeles, a fight which was a rematch of a GLORY 24 bout between them, which Schilling won via injury TKO. Kato (6-2 MMA, 0-0 kickboxing) quickly stopped Yuta Watanabe at Rizin FF last month in Japan. The 33-year-old followed up the big Schilling win by being violently KO’d by Melvin Manhoef in November.
The Bellator: Dynamite 2 main event will be a 215 lbs catchweight clash between the returning Quinton Jackson and Satoshi Ishii, with a lightweight championship co-main event featuring a rematch between Michael Chandler and Patricky Freire. Also announced for the main card is a women’s flyweight matchup between undefeated prospect Ilima Macfarlane (3-0) and fellow prospect Rebecca Ruth (6-1).