Schilling was involved in an altercation with a bar patron named Justin Balboa in June 2021, which ended with theand Glory Kickboxing veteran knocking out the man at a bar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Balboa filed a civil lawsuit against Schilling for battery after being hospitalized with a head injury. After widely-distributed videos showed the bar altercation, Schilling claimed the man he hit provoked him with threatening gestures after using a racial slur toward a bar employee.
The 39-year-old Schilling expressed happiness on his social media accounts, stating he refuses “to be bullied” by anyone. “I’m glad it’s finally over. For the last two years my name and character has been disparaged in the media, seem like everyone loves the narrative that a professional fighter just beat up some innocent person, which was [so] not the case. Most people told me to just settle it and pay him off as that would be easier. I don’t like [bullies] and I refuse to be bullied by anyone.
In his career, Schilling piled up a 23-9 professional kickboxing record and a 4-6 record in mixed martial arts. Among other accomplishments, Schilling won the Glory Kickboxing middleweight tournament in 2013.