Former UFC champion Aljamain Sterling had a surprising view of the future of Bo Nickal after UFC des Moines.
UFC Middleweight Blue-Chip Prospect Bo Nickal suffered its first career in the cage in UFC des Moines on Saturday. After a dominant start of his MMA career, the former NCAA Division I national champion Nickal was completed by former Tweede division one champion Reinier de Ridder, while De Ridder hit him with a liver shot in round 2.
Nickal's undefeated start of his MMA official period was abruptly at UFC des Moines. Nickal started the fight of a slow performance against Paul Craig, and struggled with the struggle and size of the knight in the octhoek.
After Nickal falls short for the first time, a UFC star believes that the talented prospect should make a surprising change.
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Aljamain Sterling encourages Bo Nickal to consider a welterweight movement after UFC des Moines
After a fan Nickal and the Ridder's Size -Discrepancy had raised, former UFC Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling voted in a recent message about X.
“I hate that I was right, but the size of the size for Nickal at 185 is very clear,” Sterling replied.
After a follower had challenged the statement of Sterling about Nickal, he doubled his attitude.
“I struggled 133 when 141. Somehow I was magically able to make 135. Bonus a middleweight, but the top 15 MWs are noticeably larger than he in the cage. [Cody] Brunge looked bigger, “Sterling posted.
UFC analyst Alan Jouban chose Sterling's side about Nickal's physicality at 185 pounds and encouraged Nickal to sit with his team to discuss a potential change of weight class.
“Everyone who says otherwise must really have his eyes checked. I am a huge fan of wrestling and nickal, but that conversation must be conducted, and it is in no way an easy choice,” Sterling said about Nickal's possible weight movement.
Nickal fought as low as 174 pounds during his collegiate wrestling career and participated in the middleweight for his entire MMA stint. The Alum of the Contender Series of Dana White has cut 37 pounds to make the middleweight limit during the UFC des Moines Fight Week, a dramatic cut that sounded alarms.
Sterling is familiar with applying a dramatic change of weight class in MMA, last year up from bantam weight to feather weight after a loss for Sean O'Malley. He is 1-1 in the featherweight division and comes from a recent loss for Movsar Evloev on UFC 310.
The former rival of Aljamain Sterling encouraged Bo Nickal despite his first defeat
Sterling's former UFC 288 opponent, Henry Cejudo, got a measured approach to his message after the fight at Nickal after UFC des Moines. In a recent tweet, Cejudo Nickal encouraged to continue and compared the loss of the Ridder with one of his notorious defeats earlier in his career.
After a loss for Demetrious Johnson earlier in his flight weight, Cejudo got his revenge years later, which eventually became degrading Johnson and became a two -division champion. Cejudo believes that Nickal can go on a similar run after the first loss of his MMA career.
In the meantime, the knight remains unbeaten by three fights in the UFC and he called a former title holder after UFC des Moines. De Ridder has set his sights on Sean Strickland for a matchup after the recent defeat of Strickland's recent title Rematch on UFC 312.