If it wasn't bad enough for Bo Nickal who suffered his first professional loss, he is now mocked by the current middleweight champion, Dricus du Plessis.
Last Saturday in UFC des Moines, Bluechip Prospect Bo Nickal suffered his first loss in professional MMA when he was eliminated by Reinier de Ridder in the second round.
After the fight, fans claimed that Nickal was 'fraud', once claimed that he would destroy Khamzat Chimaev in a potential fight.
It is likely that Chimaev will fight for the middleweight title following after Drica Du Plessis had given a positive update about the timeline of that fight.
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Du Plessis responds to the first UFC loss of Bo Nickal
Although he is ever considered a guaranteed future champion in the UFC, Nickal will now return to the drawing table and he will probably be linked to various non-rated opponents before he gets a shot on a ranked fight.
And because of the self -assured mindset of the American because of his decorated wrestling background, Du Plessis has admitted that he was satisfied after seeing Nickal losing.
“I have no problem with the Hype of Bo Nickal, with which I have a problem, is that he was talking about people who have done what he has never done before,” Du Plessis began to explain in an interview with Sias du Persis.
“This is not struggling, this is not struggling, my good man. And he thought that was the hard way. I think he thought he would walk through Reinier and I thought Reinier had a wonderful game plan.
“You have to be careful with how you talk in this game. You start talking when you are there, he fought nobodies … Humble Pie does great things for a man and I think he served a full cake, it was satisfactory to see. Bo Nickal gave up mentally,” Du Plessis continued.
Who could fight Bo Nickal?
There is no doubt that the 29-year-old could bounce back from his disappointing loss, but he will have to fight again against a number of less well-known opponents.
Brunno Ferreira can be a decent striker to test the American in his next fight, because he undoubtedly has to adjust his training to improve that area of ​​his game.
Christian Leroy Duncan would form a similar type of test as Nickal, where both hunters benefit from the test from each other.