Bo Nickal takes a lot of warmth after the first loss of his MMA career.
The triple NCAA Division I National Champion Wrestler supported himself bravely to beat Khamzat Chimaev as a favorite of -1000 before he was confronted with former two -weight a title holder, Reinier de Ridder, on UFC des Moines.
Nickal, however, was 'fraud checked' during his second round TKO defeat against De Ridder.
UFC Middleweight Champion Dric Du Plessis thought it was great to see the 7-1 prospect losing, and many other people who were tired of Bo Nickal from a big game before they had a real test in the UFC-Oachthoek.
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Luke Rockhold tears Bo Nickal
Luke Rockhold knows what is needed to reach the top of the UFC Middleweight Division.
After seeing him losing last weekend, the former 185 pound champion is happy to write off Nickal.
“Bo Nickal is pretty pathetic,” Rockhold told Submission Radio.
“Talking a big game, but he was looking for a way out from the first round.
“The child just has to keep his mouth shut. Bo just stopped like a small B —.
“There is such a thing as competitors. Strangers can be competitors, but they can't always be hunters. This boy is not a hunter, he is a competitor and he is really AP – in the heart.
“He doesn't have it, he won't have it. Even if he was struggling, he does not have the means to put people away. The degree at the top is different.”
Dana White told Bo Nickal to cut
Shockingly, another former UFC star went one step further than Rockhold after UFC des Moines.
Dana White was told to cut Bo Nickal of the UFC by former lightweight competition Josh Thomson.
He said on the weighing in Podcast: “The way he lost … the UFC, I really say to him, such as:” Do you know what? You probably have to spend a good eight months, and you have to go, you have to sharpen everything. “
'' We are going to give you some time … We are almost going to do the way we did with Mason Jones or what we did with Youssef Zalal, and we will send you a little. We give you eight months or whatever. '
“He needs work. It was a lot to tell how much work he needs.”