Johnny Case and Natan Schulte are in the same position going into Saturday’s PFL 9 playoffs. Whoever beats the other will move on to the semifinals later that night. The roads taken by them to get here, however, were quite different. A 26-year-old American Top Team product, Brazil’s Schulte – nicknamed “Russian” because of his blonde beard – came into PFL’s inaugural season as a mostly unknown fighter. He was a heavy underdog heading into PFL 2 against Chris Wade but edged him out before going on to beat yet another UFC vet, Jason High, at PFL 5 .
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