UFC prospect Bo Nickal has spoken about how he needs to take possession for his failures as he prepares to return to the cage tomorrow night time.
At UFC 322, Bo Nickal will try and get again within the win column when he goes face to face with Rodolfo Vieira on the prelims. It serves as his first combat since he suffered his first defeat in blended martial arts, which got here by the hands of Reinier de Ridder. RDR was capable of make it a reasonably one-sided affair earlier than ultimately ending off the novice wrestling sensation.
For a lot of, this gave them permission to clown on Bo Nickal for not having the ability to hold his win streak going. Alas, Bo has been via his fair proportion of setbacks earlier than, and though he firmly believes in his potential to change into a world champion within the UFC, he additionally is aware of that he’s competing in opposition to one of the best of one of the best – and de Ridder actually falls into that class.
In his pre-fight scrum, Bo Nickal opened up on how he tends to deal with defeats like this, and the way he needs to reply.
Bo Nickal discusses current UFC defeat
“Should you take a look at MMA and wrestling, there’s nobody accountable however your self. Should you lose, you possibly can take a look at the judges, you possibly can take a look at your opponent, however in the end it at all times comes again to you. It’s on you to take duty, be taught, and proceed to push ahead. In order that’s been my method—I’m embracing that.”
“The mindset for me—each single day—whether or not I win or lose, I’m at all times attempting to enhance and get higher. It doesn’t matter if I’ve received ten fights in a row or I simply misplaced my final one, I’m simply going to maintain pushing to change into one of the best fighter on the planet. That doesn’t change.”
Nickal is aware of that there can be loads of eyes on him to see how he performs in opposition to Vieira, however both manner, he has opted to get again in there and show himself – which, given the emphatic nature of his loss to de Ridder, is admirable in itself.
