Two top-tier Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweights are
anticipated toe the road this June.
The information first broke from MMA
Orbit on Thursday morning that Matt
Schnell (16-7, 1 NC) will likely be returning at UFC 289
on June 10 towards David
Dvorak (20-5). The flyweights will likely be competing on a card that
will doubtless be held on the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary,
Canada, however the location has not been formally confirmed as of
but. There isn’t a headliner introduced for this occasion, nor any
particularly designated primary card matchups. Schnell confirmed this
top-10 125-pound tilt on his
Instagram Stories shortly after it got here to mild.
The Louisiana native had a reasonably busy 2022 marketing campaign, with three
bouts all ending by stoppage. Sadly for “Hazard,” he solely
gained as soon as, along with his sleep-inducing triangle choke of Su Mudaerji
bookended by a guillotine choke from Brandon
Royval and most lately, a knockout by the hands of Matheus
Nicolau in December. Courting again the final two years, Schnell
has solely gained one time, towards the aforementioned Mudaerji, with a
resolution defeat in Might 2021 to Rogerio
Bontorin later overturned to a no contest after the Brazilian
examined optimistic for a banned diuretic.
Dvorak additionally finds himself along with his again towards the wall coming
into this encounter, as he has dropped two straight fights. Each of
his 2022 outings went his respective opponent’s method, as Nicolau and
Manel
Kape each topped him on the scorecards. The defeat to Nicolau
snapped a 16-fight win streak for the Czech fighter, together with his
first three appearances within the Octagon. “The Undertaker” celebrates
a end fee of 80% as a professional, with 14 of his final 16 victories
coming earlier than the ultimate bell.
