Simon Marcus

Simon Marcus (born 5 November 1986), also known as Simon Sor Suchart, is a Canadian-Jamaican Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions. Born in Toronto of Jamaican descent, he took up Muay Thai at sixteen and achieved success as an amateur initially by medaling at three international tournaments as well as capturing the North American Cruiserweight Championship. Having turned professional in 2009, he had a breakout year in 2012 when he beat Kaoklai Kaennorsing for the WPMF World Light Heavyweight title and defeated Joe Schilling twice in a notable rivalry.

Marcus is ranked the #2 light heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com, as of June 2015, and the #1 pound for pound Thaiboxer in North America by MuayThaiAuthority.com, as of November 2012. He has also been ranked the #1 light heavyweight in North America by MuayThaiAuthority.com since April 2012.

As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #2 middleweight in the world by GLORY.

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Jason Wilnis

Jason Wilnis (born 10 December 1990) is a Dutch middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Netherlands. He is the last It's Showtime 85MAX champion. As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #3 middleweight in the world by GLORY.

Biography and career

He was keen football player until he followed his older brother, Jahfar Wilnis to The Colosseum Gym in Utrecht, Netherlands to train kickboxing at the age of 17. He had his first fight not long after he started training.

When Sahak Parparyan vacated his It's Showtime title, Jason jumped in and challenged Alex Pereira on 10 November 2012 for the It's Showtime 85MAX championship in São Paulo Brazil at It's Showtime 60 event, becoming last It's Showtime champion by 2nd round TKO. He dropped Pereira three times in round with low kicks.

On 28 September 2013 he participated in Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament, losing in the semi finals to Artem Levin by judges unanimous decision.

He fought Sahak Parparyan in the semi-finals of the Glory 14: Zagreb - Middleweight Contender Tournament in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014, losing by split decision after three even rounds.

Joe Schilling

Joseph Francis "Joe" Schilling (January 13, 1984) is an American professional Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions of kickboxing and the Middleweight division of Bellator MMA. Known for his use of elbows to cut opponents and nicknamed "Stitch 'em Up", Schilling began fighting professionally in 2006 and was a two-time national titlist before defeating Kaoklai Kaennorsing to become the WBC Muaythai Interim World Light Heavyweight Champion in 2011. His profile further increased the following year when he engaged in a controversial rivalry with Simon Marcus.

As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #1 middleweight in the world by GLORY.

Background

Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Schilling was raised by a single mother alongside two other siblings. A troublesome child, Schilling was expelled from four different schools and took up Muay Thai at 15 years old, hoping that it would give him direction and focus. After being kicked out of the family home at 17, he worked odd jobs and began his fighting career in local Toughman Contests while living in a small property that his grandmother owned with his brother Kevin. After his grandmother died, Schilling moved to Los Angeles, California where he found work as a personal trainer at a YMCA. He met his future trainer and business partner Mark Komuro while training at the LA Boxing Club, in downtown Los Angeles. When that gym shut down, the pair moved to a spartan gym situated in a dilapidated structure that had formerly housed the Lincoln Heights city jail, with Schilling being announced at fights as fighting out of "The Jail." In keeping with that theme, when Schilling and Komuro decided to open their own gym, they were inspired to name it after the exercise area in prison, and in 2007 they opened The Yard, a muay thai gym located in Lincoln Heights.