Bo Is aware of!
Final Combating Championship (UFC) Middleweight tremendous prospect Bo Nickal makes his first look of the yr at UFC Des Moines on Sat., Could 3, 2025, and the three-time NCAA Division I nationwide champion from Penn State College is getting a fairly large step up in competitors—however he requested the UFC brass for it.
Certainly, Nickal takes on former ONE Championship two-division champion Reinier de Ridder inside Wells Fargo Area in Des Moines, Iowa.
Immediately (Mon., March 17, 2025), Nickal defined his thought course of behind selecting de Ridder to Ariel Helwani.
“This can be a matchup that I requested for, and I really feel prefer it’s a matchup that’s thrilling for lots of causes,” Nickal mentioned. “He’s had lots of success in different organizations and success within the UFC, and it’s a pure step up for me. I need to hold preventing higher and higher guys, and it is a man with a confirmed monitor report and plenty of, many finishes.”
“It’s an attention-grabbing matchup. It’s an analogous matchup to the Paul Craig struggle, the place he’s obtained extra of a jiu-jitsu fashion,” Nickal added. “I believe, clearly, with him being on a win streak and having a distinct sort of favor on the ft, it should show to be an attention-grabbing struggle. I’m pumped up.”
Nickal did reveal that he requested the UFC for “a dozen names,” however he realizes that it’s getting more durable to match him up with opponents that make sense.
“There are some individuals who need to struggle me, and there are loads who don’t. It looks as if the individuals who need to struggle me—it’s all upside for them, and so they need to acquire some clout off my identify,” Nickal mentioned. “As I transfer up the rankings, the individuals who don’t need to struggle me have loads to lose. It’s an attention-grabbing place, and in actuality, there are solely about half a dozen folks I can struggle due to what is smart for my profession.”
Nickal is coming off a lackluster struggle with Paul Craig, after which UFC president Dana White admitted his high prospect “wants work.”
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