Rewatch the full fight between Matheus Nicolau and Matt Schell ahead of Matheus Nicolau’s fight against Alex Perez at UFC …
sir you ready sir you ready trying to cash as a big Underdog tonight against mat Nikola nikolao is in yellow Schell is in red here we go I even feel bad for snow because he always has such great haircuts he’s got really good hair he does have nice that’s a solid look right now you know I I Ro that look from 2006 till 2009 and that that that was one of the worst errors in the Michel you actually have the haircut right now danielad by choice just because I have a glorious head of her don’t hate me okay lot of product too oh just a smid your roof set that pick up he looking get rid of [Applause] together got s’s got to find the flow stay within himself and be careful in his approach because Nicola is a tremendous counter fighter yeah but this is what Nicola does it’s what he did last time out he was Circle he was Circle and he tries to frustrate his opponents tries to get them to Lunge in you know because they want to engage they want to fight and when they do that they make mistakes and then he capitalizes there you go be patient man Brian Stan and I called nikol LA’s UFC debut in the bantamweight division by the way back in 2015 in South Paulo and I remember then such a young kid we were blown away by his English as a second language his his MMA Acumen and obviously that was a long time ago not hard to see why he’s realized success and while mixed martial arts definitely deserves the comparison human chess you’re setting traps you trying to you know look for openings create them set traps as I say snow needs to do more of that well Nicola needs to do more offensive well as Nicola circles snow needs to try to chase him down with kicks you can’t follow him with the hands you’ll never reach him so when he’s going off to his left there sn’s got to throw the outside right kick to try to redirect him going back in the opposite direction to try to start to get his offense go nice low kick though by Nicolo all right this coach’s cam is brought to you by proper number 12 Iris whiskey the general safe and then give him the jab when he comes in cut him off you’ve got ring General nice jab don’t go straight back Matt do not listen to the crowd Matt do not go straight back there we go put together go to cut him off first UFC veteran Eve Edwards and Alex Chang also there in the Schell Corner oh what a shot down with the left for Nikola wow oh big elbows massive elbows and that’s big for Nicola because he’s very close to getting to a title fight but I think something like this something definitive would really help him if he could finish s and as we have seen Snell can be hurt but he’s as tough as they come and won’t quit on himself Nicola made a mistake though why did he let him get back up he just dropped him clean clearly hurt landed some good elbow some nice ground and pounds and Snell’s a dog you know Schnell is a dog just when you think he’s out he’s going to throw up a triangle or something crazy he had a big opportunity there to finish the fight oh and again though finding the mark ncol is some big shots from snow nikol visualizing things well four minutes in now looking to get untracked here late in the round there that left hook that’s the shot that dropped in Nicolas looking for that time after time yeah he is he’s changing his level to try to get the eyes looking down thinking takedowns coming and just pop it over the Top’s going to go low high you got a level change you got a level change front kick right to the nikolao supremely efficient here early on Landing 68% of his significant strikes be patient 20 [Applause] seconds heavyweight it’s tough act to follow yeah I mean come on that was one of the most exciting minutes you’ll ever see in your life yeah all right round two coming [Music] upfc Fight Night is presented by Modell Andre peteris and safe saoud matching wits in the respective Corners after round one safe appreciating the patience from his pupil match but looking for a little bit more discipline on the feet especially in the when he’s evading he’s going straight back or overreacting to Nicola’s level change that’s why that left Hook’s been affected good job man good footw but he does understand that Snell’s having to fight that urge to make this bar [Applause] again a beautiful clean shot wobbled him forced him down he’s allowed himself to get wrapped up in the guard’s got a body triangle probably not a bad idea for a few seconds to clear the head clear the cobwebs and gain regain his Focus opens it up now 350 left going to take your time back up good get back to work now Nikola welcome Schnell back to the feet both guys credential DJJ players Nikola a black belt Chanel a purple belt but 14 combin oh he’s fxed and he has power and defensively very sound raising that guard for any potential counter cut on the bridge of the nose of matchell now it’s the same story every time he he he does this he dances around he his opponent as I said earlier oh God this be right hand this is it do it Nikolai hold him serve as the favorite six in a row for the buning Brazilian flyweight [Music] [Applause] [Music] Contender so the th on one side The Agony On the other B big night for the Brazilian Mato niola for Matt Schnell the momentum ends here after a big win this summer on [Applause] ABC all right let’s take a look this is the first shot that dropped him lunges in left hand to the jaw sits him down and that was pretty much the story of the fight he would frustrate Schnell get him to come in because he wants to engage and he was faster he was more accurate and clearly had more power this is the end of the fight dropped him again for like the third or fourth time I’m not sure and then the follow-up shots were brutal as well schnell’s covering up but he he’s very very hurt here and he’s just waiting for the referee to stop it in fact he doesn’t know what’s going on all he knows is cover up cuz this doesn’t feel good Matas Nicola very impressive still and that finish Wicked useful after three consecutive decision wins DC will talk to matus Nikola when we return to the Big O ladies and gentlemen referee Keith Peterson has called stop to this contest at 1 minute 44 seconds of round number two declaring the winner by knal matus niol [Applause]