Matt Schnell
17 UFC Fights | 41% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (43%)
Matt Schnell UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Matt Schnell is 7-9 in the UFC across 17 fights (1 no contest), with 3 wins by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 17-11 (1 NC), 10-2 of it outside the UFC. Schnell competes at flyweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'8" with a 70" reach at 36 years old. The last bout was a loss to Alessandro Costa by knockout in Jun 2026.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 81st percentile among 115 flyweight fighters (4.0 sig. strikes/min).
Matt Schnell's UFC win rate is 41% (7 of 17 fights), and 43% of those wins came by finish. Schnell averages 0.3 takedowns per fight at 46% accuracy and stops 46% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 17-11 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 7-9 (1 NC)
- Height
- 5'8"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 36
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Alessandro Costa · KO/TKO · Jun 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Matt Schnell's Last 5 Fights
Schnell is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Alessandro Costa · KO/TKO · R1 2:28 · UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Jun 2026
- Loss vs Joseph Morales · Submission · R1 2:54 · UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown · Nov 2025
- Win vs Jimmy Flick · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates · Apr 2025
- Loss vs Cody Durden · Submission · R2 0:29 · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady · Sep 2024
- Loss vs Steve Erceg · KO/TKO · R2 0:26 · UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev · Mar 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Matt Schnell vs Average
Matt Schnell lands 15.2 strikes in R1 but 20.0 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Matt Schnell's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (7-9 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Alessandro Costa | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:28 | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim | 2026-06-06 |
| L | Joseph Morales | Submission | R1 · 2:54 | UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown | 2025-11-08 |
| W | Jimmy Flick | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates | 2025-04-26 |
| L | Cody Durden | Submission | R2 · 0:29 | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady | 2024-09-07 |
| L | Steve Erceg | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:26 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev | 2024-03-02 |
| L | Matheus Nicolau | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:44 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland | 2022-12-03 |
| W | Sumudaerji | Submission | R2 · 4:24 | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez | 2022-07-16 |
| L | Brandon Royval | Submission | R1 · 2:14 | UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje | 2022-05-07 |
| D/NC | Rogerio Bontorin | Other | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler | 2021-05-15 |
| W | Tyson Nam | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny | 2021-01-20 |
| L | Alexandre Pantoja | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:17 | UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie | 2019-12-21 |
| W | Jordan Espinosa | Submission | R1 · 1:23 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler | 2019-08-03 |
| W | Louis Smolka | Submission | R1 · 3:18 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos | 2019-03-09 |
| W | Naoki Inoue | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards | 2018-06-23 |
| W | Marco Beltran | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee | 2017-10-07 |
| L | Hector Sandoval | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:24 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov | 2017-04-22 |
| L | Rob Font | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:47 | The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale | 2016-12-03 |
How Schnell Ranks at Flyweight
Percentile among the 115 flyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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