Jason Wilnis, the man who defeated Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, eyes for an MMA fight with the UFC elites

For former GLORY Kickboxing’s world middleweight champion Jason Wilnis, his legacy will talk the talk, but he will use the mic to call out his shots so that he can add to his MMA resume as well. Wilnis, a successful kickboxer is known for his wins in the kickboxing ring over the likes of current UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and top UFC prospect Alex Pereira, the man whose rise to fame came from his viral knockout of Adesanya himself.

Wilnis has transitioned successfully from kickboxing to MMA and is currently 2-0 with the debut win via knockout. Both of Wilnis’ wins have come out of a local MMA promotion by the name of LFL- Levels Fight League. Now, in his third MMA bout, Wilnis is heading to a bigger MMA promotion in KSW- Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a Polish mixed martial arts promotion and one of the leading promotions in the Europe circuit of MMA.

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Jason Wilnis believes he can compare himself with the likes of Adesanya and Pereira with his future in MMA

In an interview with MMA Fighting, 31-year old Wilnis talks about his persona in the fight game and how he feels his contributions will be enough to get him where he wants.

“Everybody can say what they want,” Wilnis says. “I’m not a big talker, but I have two wins over [Alex] Pereira, he has one win over me. I have one win over [Israel] Adesanya. I even have a win over Joe Schilling, [and] he has one win over me. I can compare with these guys, and even in MMA, I can do a lot more than I do in kickboxing. So we’re working on it, and I can’t wait to rematch these guys again and show them my skills. My skill level in MMA.”

What do you make of Wilnis as an upcoming prospect in MMA? Will he be able to stand up to the levels of Adesanya and Pereira inside the Octagon in near future, or will he exceed those benchmarks as well? Where do you put Wilnis amongst the best kickboxer of this generation in GLORY’s history?

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