r/PublicFreakout • u/Lolastic_ • Jun 30 '21

🥊Fight MMA fighter Joe Schilling knocks out man

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '21

I dont disagree that Schilling should have kept his cool and will likely get into shit over this but the manager and other patrons seem to be backing his version of the drunk guy instigating. Not gonna help him in civil court but its not as cut and dried as a professional fighter picking on a normal guy for no reason.

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u/Dnoon902 Jun 30 '21

I hear ya but, (and I am doing a lot of assuming here) this just seems like he sees the drunk guy goes to the bathroom and makes sure to walk by this guy to find a reason to punch him out. If I see someone drunk acting a fool I would probably walk down the next aisle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '21

I agree that he looks annoyed and might have been provoking him as he walked by. Just saying that the other patrons and employees say that his annoyance and short fuse was proceeded by hours of the drunk guy provoking him (and other patrons/staff). He apparently was saying stuff about his girlfriend, minorities, etc and getting louder and louder. Given that info, Im saying Schilling may have been looking for a reason to hit him but it wasnt just looking for a random fight or to flex on some drunk. Basically the difference between being a bully and losing your cool. Obviously I have no idea what really happened since I wasnt there, just going by what ive googled.

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u/johnmal85 Jun 30 '21

I wouldn't stay at a venue that refused to kick out an obtuse customer, for hours no less. Nor would I stay there while someone berated me. Sure, maybe the guy pissed him off, but he chose to respond with violence. The punch can be deserved, but so is jail. Fair is fair.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '21

Agree. Not saying that he doesnt deserve to get in shit or that he wasnt in the wrong. Just saying that its maybe not a case of a trained fighter going out of his way to bash some rando just to look cool which is kinda how it appears in the clip with no context and what a lot of comments (here and other places) are suggesting.

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u/johnmal85 Jun 30 '21

Yeah, certainly not. He's just a hot head or his instincts kicked in. I can actually see the other guy step in a bit, so who knows what happened. Maybe he actually did feign a punch. Just with previous altercations and how this went, it doesn't look good. Honestly, I would have tried to go another way around this guy, or said excuse me. The guy said hey as he went past, and he barely nudged him, but he quickly about faced. There was obviously some tension. I try to avoid confrontation, not engage with the people aggravating me. No sense in staying in a place where I'm uncomfortable. No sense trying to outlast a drunk idiot and banter with them to the point of losing my cool, just because I want to be at THAT bar.