Media Bo Nickal twitter reaction to Chimaev: "I really gotta lock in"

[Why did you]

Maybe he realized his only way to get anywhere is if he goes full on wrestling and skips the striking because that part isn't working out for him anyways.

 

[MDoza]

Bo can’t even beat contenders and he’s thinking about Chimaev..

 

[188912345]

Bo is drawing dead in that fight.

 

[Caio]

He is too small and slow to fight Chiamaev.

 

[jeff7b9]

Good idea buddy.

Lock the doors. Stay inside.

 

[GraafschapDTCNL]

I am not English but you guys call this phony right? What a tool this guy is

 

[Fled Nanders]

I think Bo definitely needs to lock in and round out his game, but stylistically he’s absolute kryptonite for Khamzat. He’s the better wrestler, and he’s got faster hands. We’ve never really seen Khamzat fight going backwards, and one impressive win doesn’t suddenly make him Lyoto Machida.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

RDR and Fluffy will invite this type of approach thats why there is no one answer to the puzzle of the game

 

[arcadeperfect]

 

[Vayn Sword]

The problem is Bo looks slow, clumsy and plodding with his wrestling. Khamzat looks fast, agile and brutal

 

[joy2day]

Is Bo challenging him to a wrestling match?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Is Bo challenging him to a wrestling match?

He'll have to get past Jacob Cardenas first at RAF 1, August 30th.

 

[Nabs]

Good for him. He never gets to the top 10 IMO. He's just another Pyfer.

 

[Paladin]

It’s a typical American Wrestler stubbornness, they think striking is what they have to improve on to be successful, No. Work on your grappling and Submission skills, that’s why these fighters from the Caucasus are dominating, they improved on their base, not stray away. Makhachev strayed and got Koed, went back to his base & improved on it and is dominating.

It isn’t rocket science, fighters like Couture, Ortiz, Penn’s, Hughes, St Pierre’s figured this 20years ago.

These American Wrestlwrs focus too much positions, the Usmans, Covingtons etc.

Look at Sean Brady, watching him fight brings Nostalgia to me, he’s currently one of the only american ground based fighters who is excelling in using wrestling for his submission gameZ

I think they are trying to avoid the “blanket” label (boring LnP) but that’s what wins fights.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Bo2.0 is coming

 

[humdizzle]

Hes switched from the arrogant rookie to the humble journeyman. RDR really broke him.

 

[volcom5]

I think they are trying to avoid the “blanket” label (boring LnP) but that’s what wins fights.

Finishing fights with a submission is not boring and to me far more impressive, there’s no luck in that, only skill, especially in today’s landscape of talent. If a fighter like Kamaru embraced and worked on submission, there’s a high possibility he would be still be champion right now.

If Nickal wants to go to the striking route, he’s not going to make it far, by the time he gets proficient at it, he’s going to be nearing the end of his career, it took fighters like Usman & Covington almost 10 bouts and 5 years for them to be “effective” with their striking, Nickal is nearing 30 at the start of the new year, unless he starts improving drastically(I doubt it), the MW division right now is at its peak with talented & skilled fighters who are still relatively young average age 31, it’s going to be very difficult for Nickal to climb that podium.

 

[HwoarangStyle]

bo should move down to welterweight

 

[BEATDOWNS]

not every tweet deserves a thread.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

It’s a typical American Wrestler stubbornness, they think striking is what they have to improve on to be successful, No. Work on your grappling and Submission skills, that’s why these fighters from the Caucasus are dominating, they improved on their base, not stray away. Makhachev strayed and got Koed, went back to his base & improved on it and is dominating.

It isn’t rocket science, fighters like Couture, Ortiz, Penn’s, Hughes, St Pierre’s figured this 20years ago.

These American Wrestlwrs focus too much positions, the Usmans, Covingtons etc.

Look at Sean Brady, watching him fight brings Nostalgia to me, he’s currently one of the only american ground based fighters who is excelling in using wrestling for his submission gameZ

So true, I totally agree with everything you said. I've noticed this a lot, the new gen of American wrestlers only seem to want to strike, even Blaydes all he does now is striking, its a real shame.

That's why guys like Dan Severn were so successful and had over 100 wins in MMA and like 36 belts, because he did no striking, he just wrestled everyone to death, never ever lost to a Russian in thousands of wrestling matches all over the world and never ever lost to a Russian in MMA. Why strike? when you have no background in it, put them on the mat. I'm not saying any modern American UFC fighters has anywhere near the skill level of Severn in wrestling, however they still shouldn't get away from the wrestling and fall in love with the hands only.

Your post is so true. 100% agree.