Rafael Carvalho approached his Bellator 136 bout with Joe Schilling like an MMA contest, rather than a kickboxing match. That approach – to use grappling to neutralize Schilling’s kickboxing attack – was enough to earn Carvalho a split decision victory.

Schilling (2-4 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the way the bout played out.

“Apparently in this sport, you can win by fighting like a straight-up vagina,” Schilling told MMAjunkie. “I think Rafael Carvalho should never get another fight in the U.S. The fight was matched between two exciting strikers. It was a co-main event because we had two exciting fighters, and you have one guy that fought completely like a pu-sy and made it a boring fight for all the fans.”

Not surprisingly, Carvalho (11-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) wasn’t amused by Schilling’s comments.

“We are MMA fighters,” Carvalho told MMAjunkie. “So I can’t be good in only one facet. I have to train everywhere: muay Thai, boxing, wrestling and jiu-jitsu. If he thought we were only going to trade on the feet, he was mistaken. Today there are no more one-dimensional MMA fighters. Joe even said it; he knows he needs to improve his ground game. I showed up ready, with the right strategy. Nowadays it’s not simply striking. It’s beautiful to watch, yes, but the person with the best strategy wins.”

While Schilling will fight tonight at Bellator 139 against Hisaki Kato (4-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), he hasn’t left the sport of kickboxing behind.

He will participate in the recently announced “Bellator 141: Dynamite” event on Sept. 19, which features both MMA bouts and GLORY kickboxing bouts. Schilling will step into the GLORY ring at the event.

When asked by MMAjunkie if he would be willing to compete against Schilling in a kickboxing ring, Carvalho had little hesitation.

“I’m a fighter,” Carvalho said. “I’m an employee of the promotion. If the promotion wants to book me in MMA, I’ll fight. If they want to book me in kickboxing instead, I’ll fight. Joe said I fought like a little girl. But who’s really behaving like a girly coward is he. He’s crying and talking shit. Take your beating and shut up. Tuck in your tail. Accept your loss like a man. Raise your head, and go back to training, so you can do better next time. MMA is a small world. Surely, we’ll run into each other again. If it’s kickboxing, excellent. He wants to fight on the feet? He wants to bang? I’ll oblige him.”

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