UFC flyweight Matt Schnell pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in UFC history to get back in the win column last weekend.
Anyone who has watched mixed martial arts for longer than five minutes knows just how crazy the sport is, and sometimes, it doesn’t even take that long to figure it out.
There are so many different elements to consider in any given fight and when you take that to the elite level, things intensify even further.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is home to some of the biggest and best names in the game and that’s true across all weight classes. Sure, there’s an exceptionally high amount of intrigue surrounding the likes of lightweight and bantamweight, but there’s a whole lot of talent out there - especially at 125.
On Saturday night at UFC Long Island, top flyweights Matt Schnell and Su Mudaerji went to war in an all-time classic showdown in New York.
The thing that made it so fascinating was that Su Mudaerji was seemingly on his way to victory several times in the second round, only for Schnell to dig deeper than anyone we’ve ever seen in the name of pulling off the submission win.
Anything we say isn’t going to do it justice so instead, just sit back and watch the carnage unfold.
After the bout, Schnell gave a fascinating and honest interview whereby he revealed that there are some parts of the fight he can’t actually remember.
“I trained hard, I work hard for this and it’s good to be back in the winner’s circle. I knew I could do it, I knew I could put him away, I think he got tired from beating on me! I was able to capitalise.”
“Listen, I don’t even remember any of those [elbows]. So, I can’t take too much credit for it, but I’m one of these guys man, I’ve always been one of these guys. A lot of people count me out, but I’m a bad man.”
What’s next?
In the same interview with Daniel Cormier, Schnell called out Matheus Nicolau for a meeting on the annual Madison Square Garden card in November.
If he can secure a similar kind of finish in the world’s most famous arena, we may have to start considering the possibility of the 32-year-old going for gold.