Schneider would meet several celebrities and UFC personnel that evening, an occasion that he counted—along with UFC 279—as the two greatest experiences of his life. The wristband momentos for both events would remain forever on his wrists.
With a true fighter’s spirit, Schneider defied the odds the past five years, long surpassing the mere months he was given to survive after his original diagnosis of metastatic neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system. Undergoing countless cancer treatments in the years since, Schneider was proud to make it to his 16th birthday last October 26. He even got his learner’s permit at home in Connecticut, despite often being confined to a wheelchair.
