Bo Nickal is absolutely terrible

[Deleted member 585708]

Horrible submissions skills on the ground, can get people down but becomes an Almeida afterwards.

A hot prospect with -2000 odds should not go to the 2nd round with Cody Brundage

I'll be honest, I don't think he'll ever be good enough.

In 2010 you could have been a specialist and just dominated in that area enough to learn the rest, but not now.

Feels like a waste of time.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Brock Lesnar fought Frank Mir in his 2nd fight

How many other fighters have fought a former champ in their 2nd fight?

 

[ProteinFarts]

Looks like a young GSP?

Not even on the same planet. GSP had future champ written all over him from the start. This clown will sink as soon as he’s given a dangerous opponent.

 

[Dim1]

A very very poor man’s version of khamzat

Like the Khamzat who almost lost to a career lightweight? Would be interesting to see Bo Nickal vs Colby Covington at 185.

 

[Dim1]

I will say here is the 185 top 15 - who does Bo Nickal beat?

1	Sean Strickland
2	Israel Adesanya
3	Robert Whittaker
4	Jared Cannonier
5	Marvin Vettori
6	Brendan Allen
7	Paulo Costa
8	Nassourdine Imavov
9	Roman Dolidze
10	Jack Hermansson
11	Khamzat Chimaev
12	Anthony Hernandez
13	Paul Craig
14	Chris Curtis
15	Caio Borralho

 

[checktheknuckles]

Whats with all these crotch sniffers not doing any g'np?

 

[Istryker]

Like the Khamzat who almost lost to a career lightweight? Would be interesting to see Bo Nickal vs Colby Covington at 185.

How is burns a career LW when most of his success is at WW? And burns would probably give Bo hell with his lack of striking

 

[linvillegorge]

He's a good prospect. He's not a guy who should've been on the main card of UFC 300. He probably should've been on the early prelims to be honest.

We'll see how he does when he starts fighting ranked opponents.

 

[smiles mma]

6 fights only 1 fight goes into round 2... Terrible.
He can't control the odds.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

I will say here is the 185 top 15 - who does Bo Nickal beat?

1	Sean Strickland
2	Israel Adesanya
3	Robert Whittaker
4	Jared Cannonier
5	Marvin Vettori
6	Brendan Allen
7	Paulo Costa
8	Nassourdine Imavov
9	Roman Dolidze
10	Jack Hermansson
11	Khamzat Chimaev
12	Anthony Hernandez
13	Paul Craig
14	Chris Curtis
15	Caio Borralho

Chris Curtis, maybe?

 

[Kratos94]

I'd say he is pretty good for being 6-0. He will only improve fight-to-fight.

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

Looks like a young GSP?

Young GSP used a much more striking based approach until Matt Serra forced him to tap to strikes.

 

[HP_Nut]

He has a long way to go before he can fight for the belt. Before this fight, he was talking that he could already beat Khamzat right now, this fight was a wakeup call. Odds pre-fight were crazy too, obviously he was right to be favoured but -2100?

 

[Dim1]

Chris Curtis, maybe?

Yeah I was thinking the same - I'd feel comfortable calling that - maybe the bottom two. The rest I really can't see. Put him in against Paul Craig so he can get triangled after he takes Craig down and puts him on his back.

 

[MeatGrinder]

He dismantled that dude in grappling. Same as smokin a dude on the feet.

 

[chiefwiggum]

He’s an annoying guy but he completely dominated and finished the fight in a round and a half.

 

[chiefwiggum]

He keeps talking about how good his striking is, and how hes better than everyone.

This fight was literally a showcase for Bo Nickal to crush a can and make an impression on the biggest card of the year.

He put on a snoozer, and was scared of striking against CODY BRUNDAGE.

Every interview I’ve ever heard he always goes back to wrestling is his game.

Why the hell would he want to get into exchanges

He’s an elite wrestler has done it his whole life and you want him to kick box?

That will never happen.

 

[TheGreatA]

Far from terrible, but he looks pretty basic right now. He's going to struggle against guys that he can't dominate in grappling.

He might be getting a bit ahead of himself thinking that he's already a top guy.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

I will say here is the 185 top 15 - who does Bo Nickal beat?

1	Sean Strickland
2	Israel Adesanya
3	Robert Whittaker
4	Jared Cannonier
5	Marvin Vettori
6	Brendan Allen
7	Paulo Costa
8	Nassourdine Imavov
9	Roman Dolidze
10	Jack Hermansson
11	Khamzat Chimaev
12	Anthony Hernandez
13	Paul Craig
14	Chris Curtis
15	Caio Borralho

None of them

 

[sanguinius]

Every interview I’ve ever heard he always goes back to wrestling is his game.

Why the hell would he want to get into exchanges

He’s an elite wrestler has done it his whole life and you want him to kick box?

That will never happen.

You don't hear it the other way. Imagine a striker says that he's working on his grappling and feels that it is stronger than people think, then he knocks his opponent out standing quickly and easily. Are people honestly going to be like "Oh, why didn't he take the guy down?"