Natan Schulte became a freshly minted millionaire during the inaugural season of PFL action, and now he’s coming back for more. The defending lightweight champion kicks off his campaign for back-to-back titles Thursday night at PFL 2019, Week 2, as he meets Bao Yincang on the ESPN+ prelims at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. MMA Junkie recently caught up with Schulte and talked about last year’s experience and his upcoming fight. Can you talk about coming off a loss, and then going on to win the inaugural million-dollar tournament at the PFL? When I lost to Islam Mamedov at the WSOF, I was pretty sad since I had been on a 10-fight winning streak. I felt I needed to start from scratch to have a chance to get into a promotion like the UFC. When my contract was renewed, after the WSOF become the PFL, I was impressed. They renewed me even though I had just lost.
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Catching up with defending PFL champion Natan Schulte – MMA Junkie