UFC Fight Island 8: Matt Schnell def Tyson Nam via Split Decision


UFC Fight Island 8: Matt Schnell def Tyson Nam via Split Decision
Tyson Nam and Matt Schnell

In the Flyweight contest of UFC Fight Island 8 Matt Schnell makes his comeback inside the Octagon in the fight against number 13th ranked Flyweight fighter, Tyson Nam.

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Round 1: The fight started with Tyson Nam hitting Schnell with a nice and clean right hand. Schnell replies to him with a combination of his own. Nam looked to take the pace of the fight to next level, he struck a beautiful inside leg kick. Schnell swung some punches but didn’t find the range.

Nam put better pressure on him and Schnell landed a couple of left hands before the end of round and the horn sounds.

Round 2: Nam started the round with a low kick and Schnell replies to him with a jab. Nam responded with a pair of leg kicks and he dictated the pace of striking. Schnell tried to bounce back in the round with some combinations but Nam replied to each of them nicely.

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After getting behind in first round, Schnell recovered back in this round. All depends on the final round now.

Matt Schnell won by a close call

Matt Schnell

Round 3: The third round started and both of them look to turn this round in their favor. Nam looked to strike one of his right hands but he is missing it. Schnell kept increasing his number of significant strikes by some triple hook combination.

Nam replies to him with a jab and Schnell kept coming with everything he has. At the end of the round, Schnell hits multiple jabs and a high kick. The horn sounds it’s up to the judges now.

Result: Matt Schnell def Tyson Nam via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28,29-28)

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