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Matheus Nicolau
Matheus Nicolau
18-2-1 · BRA
VS
Matt Schnell
Matt Schnell
16-6 · USA
December 3, 2022 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Matheus Nicolau def. Matt Schnell by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nicolau19/270/010:11
Schnell14/430/000:00
R2 · 1:44
Nicolau13/151/110:36
Schnell6/160/000:00
Total
Nicolau32/421/120:47
Schnell20/590/000:00

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
NicolauWin probabilitySchnell
76.0%24.0%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
7%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Nicolau, blue toward Schnell. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Nicolau76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%29%22%
Submission4%5%19%
Decision50%66%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (2684)act 32
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 1
Schnell24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%28%7%
Submission3%12%7%
Decision14%60%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2167)act 20
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~112 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R216%
R35%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Nicolau
56.6%-133
Schnell
+13342.6%
Most takedownstie 37.7%
Nicolau
52.4%-529
Schnell
+5299.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nicolau
Expected: 62.0
62
Over 62
39.3%
+152
Exactly 62
0.8%
push
Under 62
59.9%
-152
078155
Schnell
Expected: 49.7
49.5
Over 49.5
40.0%
+150
Under 49.5
60.0%
-150
063125
Takedowns — over/under
Nicolau
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.6%
+110
Exactly 1
18.9%
push
Under 1
42.6%
-110
035
Schnell
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.4%
Exactly 0
82.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.9 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Nicolau76.0%76.3%−0.3-394
Schnell24.0%23.7%+0.3+304
By method
Nicolau by KO/TKO21.8%22.0%−0.2+277
Nicolau by submission5.2%19.4%−14.2+329
Nicolau by decision49.0%33.1%+15.9+151
Schnell by KO/TKO6.9%6.9%±0.0+1109
Schnell by submission1.6%6.6%−5.0+1157
Schnell by decision15.5%12.0%+3.5+592
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds85.3%65.9%+19.4-241
Over 2.5 rds69.5%39.0%+30.5-125
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision64.5%47.2%+17.3-102

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
72.9Striking61.8
Nicolau +11.1
64.0Grappling52.3
Nicolau +11.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NicolauSchnell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1600
Pound-for-pound
1557
1588
Divisional
1552
1498
Striking offense
1505
1500
Striking defense
1478
1491
Grappling offense
1472
1540
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
66"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.64
Strikes landed / min
4.34
52%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.09
Strikes absorbed / min
4.44
67%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.68
43%
Takedown accuracy
44%
93%
Takedown defense
50%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
86%
UFC win rate
55%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
17%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matheus Nicolau
  • WDavid DvorakU-DEC R3
    Close +1088mo before
  • WTim ElliottU-DEC R3
    Close -1931y 2mo before
  • WManel KapeS-DEC R3
    Close +1111y 9mo before
  • LDustin OrtizKO/TKO R1
    Close -2004y 4mo before
  • WLouis SmolkaU-DEC R3
    Close -2004y 11mo before
Matt Schnell
  • W SumudaerjiSUB R2
    Close +2175mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalSUB R1
    Close +2077mo before
  • WTyson NamS-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 10mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1592y 11mo before
  • WJordan EspinosaSUB R1
    Close +1453y 4mo before
Nicolau — win / loss by method
Record: 18-2-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
4 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (83%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Schnell — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
2 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 2 losses
W
56% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
17% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
3 (50%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 1
1 (10%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Nicolau
Schnell
7
UFC fights
11
92.3 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
88.8 min · 8.1 avg
16y 0m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Nicolau
Schnell
101W–34L · 74.8%
Overall
147W–45L · 76.6%
83W–27L · 75.5%
Wins
88W–30L · 74.6%
18W–7L · 72.0%
Losses
59W–15L · 79.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nicolau
Schnell
79W–31L · 71.8%
Overall
39W–24L · 61.9%
67W–30L · 69.1%
Wins
31W–23L · 57.4%
12W–1L · 92.3%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Distance striking
Nicolau
Schnell
4.33
Landed / min
4.73
51.1%
Accuracy
37.0%
68.9%
Defense
62.8%
0.98
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.17
75.1%
Time at distance
76.9%
Grappling & control
Nicolau
Schnell
1.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.68
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
93.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.98
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.18
78.8%
Control share
27.6%
Strike target map
Nicolau
  • Head50%(169)div 62%
  • Body36%(122)div 22%
  • Legs13%(45)div 16%
Schnell
  • Head69%(265)div 62%
  • Body14%(55)div 22%
  • Legs17%(65)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Matheus Nicolau
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Matt Schnell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.