Joe Schilling vs. Tony Johnson set for Bellator 229

Joe Schilling will make the walk to the Bellator cage once again.

On Tuesday morning, sources confirmed Schilling will square off against Tony Johnson in a middleweight bout on the preliminary card of Bellator 229 in October.

Schilling (4-5 MMA, 23-9 kickboxing), a multiple-time kickboxing and Muay Thai champion, is currently riding a two-fight win streak under the Bellator banner, which includes a decision over Keith Berry and a TKO over Will Morris.

Johnson (8-2) was last seen earning a decision over Alton Cunningham during the second week of this year’s Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. This win extended his win streak to four straight, which includes a second round KO win over Mike Ortega at Bellator 183.

Bellator is currently slated to take place on Oct. 4 inside Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif. With this latest addition, here is how the rest of the card stands:

• Andrey Koreshkov vs. Lorenz Larkin
• Saad Awad vs. Goiti Yamauchi
• Derek Anderson vs. Guilherme Bomba
• Anatoly Tokov vs. Hracho Darpinyan
• Adel Altamimi vs. Salim Mukhidinov
• Jay Jay Wilson vs. Jorge Juarez
• Joe Schilling vs. Tony Johnson