In 2012, Matt Schnell was one of the young MMA fighters featured in Caged - an MTV reality television series.
31 Facts About Matt Schnell
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Matt Schnell was one of the two fighters on the show, alongside Tony Kelley, to later fight professionally.
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Matt Schnell lost the fight via first-round submission due to a bulldog choke.
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Matt Schnell fought Rob Font in the bantamweight division at The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale.
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Matt Schnell lost the fight via TKO in the first round.
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Matt Schnell returned to the flyweight division and faced Hector Sandoval on April 22,2017, at UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Lobov.
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Matt Schnell lost the fight via knockout in the first round.
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Matt Schnell next fought on October 7,2017 at UFC 216 against Marco Beltran.
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Matt Schnell faced Naoki Inoue on June 23,2018 at UFC Fight Night 132.
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Matt Schnell faced Louis Smolka in a bantamweight bout on March 9,2019 at UFC Fight Night 146.
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Matt Schnell won the fight via a triangle choke submission in the first round.
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Matt Schnell won the fight via a triangle choke submission in the first round.
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Matt Schnell faced Alexandre Pantoja on December 21,2019 at UFC Fight Night 165.
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Matt Schnell was expected to face Tyson Nam on September 12,2020 at UFC Fight Night 183.
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However, Matt Schnell was removed from the fight on the day of the event's weigh-in for health issues related to his weight cut.
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Shortly after the weigh-ins, officials had announced that the bout had been cancelled due Matt Schnell was forced to withdraw from the event due to a medical issue.
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At weigh-ins, Perez came in at 128 pounds and did not attempt to try again, resulting in Matt Schnell refusing to take the catchweight bout and the bout being scrapped.
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Matt Schnell faced Brandon Royval on May 7,2022 at UFC 274.
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Matt Schnell lost the back-and-forth fight via a guillotine choke submission in the first round.
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Matt Schnell faced Su Mudaerji on July 16,2022 at UFC on ABC 3.
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Matt Schnell faced Matheus Nicolau on December 3,2022 at UFC on ESPN 42.
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Matt Schnell lost the bout via knockout in the second round.
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Matt Schnell was scheduled to face David Dvorak on June 10,2023 at UFC 289.
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However, Matt Schnell pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Stephen Erceg.
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Matt Schnell was scheduled to face Steve Erceg on November 11,2023, at UFC 295.
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However, Matt Schnell withdrew from the bout for unknown reasons and was replaced by Alessandro Costa.
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Matt Schnell was rescheduled to face Erceg on March 2,2024, at UFC Fight Night 238.
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Matt Schnell suffered his second consecutive knockout and lost the bout in the second round from a left-hook.
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Matt Schnell was scheduled to face Alessandro Costa on September 7,2024 at UFC Fight Night 242.
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Matt Schnell lost the fight via a ninja choke submission in the second round.
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Matt Schnell came out of retirement to face Jimmy Flick on April 26,2025 at UFC on ESPN 66.