Matt Schnell (17-10, 10) was born in Amory, Mississippi, U.S. on January 15, 1990. At the age of 22 years on September 14, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut against Ryan Hollis, winning the fight via 3-round split decision.
On April 22, 2017, 27-year old Matt Schnell made his UFC debut on his 14th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov against a 30-year old Hector Sandoval but lost the fight via KO in the 1st round.
Schnell's last fight was a 1st-round submission loss to Joseph Morales at UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown at age 35 on November 8, 2025. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 15 times in the UFC, and has a record of 7 wins, 7 losses and 1 no-contest in the promotion.
Some of Matt Schnell's best fights have been against Louis Smolka, Jordan Espinosa, Jimmy Flick, Naoki Inoue, Tyson Nam, Su Mudaerji and Marco Beltrán. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Matt Schnell".
Schnell has 10 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Matt Schnell Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28  | Nov 8, 2025 35 years, 9 months 17-10 (10) | 31 years, 2 months 13-2 (9) | UFC | BT | 1 | SUB | Loss Guillotine choke |
27 | Apr 26, 2025 35 years, 3 months 17-9 (10) | Jimmy Flick | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | Win |
26  | Sep 7, 2024 34 years, 7 months 16-9 (10) | 33 years, 5 months 16-6-1 (11) | UFC | BT | 2 | SUB | Loss Ninja choke |
25  | Mar 2, 2024 34 years, 1 months 16-8 (10) | 28 years, 7 months 11-1 (7) | UFC | BT | 2 | KO | Loss Punch |
24  | Dec 3, 2022 32 years, 10 months 16-7 (10) | 29 years, 10 months 18-2-1 (9) | UFC | BT | 2 | KO | Loss Punches |
23  | Jul 16, 2022 32 years, 6 months 16-6 (10) | 26 years, 5 months 16-4 (14) | UFC | BT | 2 | CKO | Win Triangle choke |
22  | May 7, 2022 32 years, 3 months 15-6 (10) | 29 years, 8 months 13-6 (11) | UFC | BT | 1 | SUB | Loss Guillotine choke |
21  | May 15, 2021 31 years, 4 months 15-5 (10) | 29 years 16-3 (14) | UFC | BT | 3 | NC | NC Overturned |
20  | Jan 20, 2021 31 years 15-5 (10) | 37 years, 3 months 20-11-1 (13) | UFC | BT | 3 | SD | Win |
19  | Dec 21, 2019 29 years, 11 months 14-5 (10) | 29 years, 8 months 21-4 (14) | UFC | BT | 1 | KO | Loss Punches |
18  | Aug 3, 2019 29 years, 6 months 14-4 (10) | 29 years, 8 months 14-5 (8) | UFC | BT | 1 | SUB | Win Triangle choke |
17  | Mar 9, 2019 29 years, 1 months 13-4 (9) | 27 years, 7 months 15-5 (13) | UFC | BT | 1 | SUB | Win Triangle choke |
16  | Jun 23, 2018 28 years, 5 months 12-4 (8) | 21 years 9-0 (5) | UFC | FL | 3 | SD | Win |
15  | Oct 7, 2017 27 years, 8 months 11-4 (8) | 31 years, 4 months 14-5 (12) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Win |
14  | Apr 22, 2017 27 years, 3 months 10-4 (8) | 30 years, 9 months 13-3 (5) | UFC | FL | 1 | KO | Loss Punches |
13  | Dec 3, 2016 26 years, 10 months 10-3 (8) | 29 years, 5 months 12-2 (8) | TUF | BT | 1 | KO | Loss Knee and punches |
12 | Mar 25, 2016 26 years, 2 months 10-2 (8) | Klayton Mai | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar Won Legacy FC flyweight title Interim | |
11  | Dec 4, 2015 25 years, 10 months 9-2 (7) | 21 years, 7 months 7-0 (5) | FL | 2 | DQ | Win Illegal knee | |
10 | Jun 26, 2015 25 years, 5 months 8-2 (7) | Vanderlei Carvalho Leite | FL | 1 | KO | Win Punches | |
9 | May 29, 2015 25 years, 4 months 7-2 (6) | Albert Tapia | FL | 2 | SUB | Win Armbar | |
8 | Feb 21, 2015 25 years, 1 months 6-2 (5) | Chris Myers | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
7 | Nov 22, 2014 24 years, 10 months 5-2 (4) | Thomas Coleman | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Inverted triangle choke | |
6 | Sep 19, 2014 24 years, 8 months 4-2 (3) | Latral Perdue | FL | 1 | KO | Win Punch | |
5 | Jun 20, 2014 24 years, 5 months 3-2 (2) | Klayton Mai | FL | 2 | SUB | Loss Guillotine choke | |
4 | Jan 25, 2014 24 years 3-1 (2) | Roger Reyes | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
3 | May 31, 2013 23 years, 4 months 2-1 (1) | Elias Garcia | FL | 3 | MD | Loss | |
2 | Nov 16, 2012 22 years, 10 months 2-0 (1) | Marcus Dupar | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar | |
1 | Sep 14, 2012 22 years, 7 months 1-0 (0) | Ryan Hollis | FL | 3 | SD | Win |
