Rumored Bo Nickal vs Reinier de Ridder in the works? Date TBD

[svmr_db]

Reposted by Alex Behunin who is credible.

 

[usernamee]

Nickal is almost 30, after this fight it's time to fight someone that doesn't look like a great matchup for him.

It's either striker with zero wrestling or grappler with shit striking so far

 

[Young Calf Kick]

I like it.

 

[JoeRowe]

Wouldn't mind this as a FN main event. Probably ends up on the Newark PPV if I had to guess though. Great fight!

 

[vinnie245]

Stole his ranking lol Bo should of never been ranked to begin with.
Lets go RDR

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Nickal is almost 30, after this fight it's time to fight someone that doesn't look like a great matchup for him.

It's either striker with zero wrestling or grappler with shit striking so far

What about for RDR, he's 34 and expressed that he wanted a high ranked opponent. I guess he's willing to do it because Bo, while not highly ranked, draws a lot of attention and prestige nonetheless.

 

[Spath]

Nickal probably has a very good chance of preventing takedowns and keeping it on the feet where both guys suck ass. I would’ve liked to see Bo against someone who isn’t a specialist.

Woodburn = total tomato can
Brundage = can
Craig = specialist
De Ridder = specialist

But okay. At least De Ridder is a dangerous fighter and has more tricks up his sleeve to get it to the ground than Craig. Now put him against someone like Michel Pereira or someone like that and we’ll see what’s what.

 

[RockyLockridge]

I predicted this match up.

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Nickal is almost 30, after this fight it's time to fight someone that doesn't look like a great matchup for him.

It's either striker with zero wrestling or grappler with shit striking so far

I agree with my brain, but I also love him for some reason and don't want to see him get his ass kicked, which I think almost all ranked opponents will do. Vettori would be a really cool test for him, I think I'd rather see that matchup than anything else.

 

[michaelmichaelmichael90]

Nickal is almost 30, after this fight it's time to fight someone that doesn't look like a great matchup for him.

It's either striker with zero wrestling or grappler with shit striking so far

are you even familiar with who Reiner is? He's a beast on the ground, has like 5 black belts in judo and a jui-jitsu champion. How is this a favorable matchup for Nickal??

 

[markys00]

Great fight

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Reiner is a sly vet

Does Nickal want an extra boring/sloppy kickboxing match to “show his progress”? Cause Nickal should avoid ground battling this guy at all costs imo

 

[The_Renaissance]

Super interesting fight .

 

[Lycandroid]

I don't think Bo wins this, Craig is a dollar store version RDR and Bo did not look good in that fight.

 

[markys00]

Great fight

 

[SalvadorAllende]

RDR has poor striking. I can see Bo Nickelodeon trying to get a decision via throwing punches and kicks from a mile away.

 

[AndrewGolota48]

are you even familiar with who Reiner is? He's a beast on the ground, has like 5 black belts in judo and a jui-jitsu champion. How is this a favorable matchup for Nickal??

I think he is assuming that because RDR isn't a striker, but he is likely still a better striker than Bo is....Bo brags about his grappling and how he took on Gordon Ryan when he was still green blah blah so I'm hoping he displays it here and isn't terrified of the ground like he was with Paul Craig.

Edit: Man, watching some RDR and his striking is really bad. This might be a replay of Bo vs Craig....

I will go out on a limb and say that Bo's wrestling translates so bad to MMA that he will be taken down at least once in this fight.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Nickal probably has a very good chance of preventing takedowns and keeping it on the feet where both guys suck ass. I would’ve liked to see Bo against someone who isn’t a specialist.

Woodburn = total tomato can
Brundage = can
Craig = specialist
De Ridder = specialist

But okay. At least De Ridder is a dangerous fighter and has more tricks up his sleeve to get it to the ground than Craig. Now put him against someone like Michel Pereira or someone like that and we’ll see what’s what.

Don’t underrate RDR too much, he was landing clean on GM3 a lot and hurt him bad standing (when most of us, me included, felt Gerald had far better boxing).

His weakness’ are he gasses fast from pushing a pace, has terrible defense and footwork, and is very single-minded throughout a fight whatever phase it’s in.

But Nickal doesn’t really have the skill set to run over him, at best he can make it a sloppy slow kickboxing fight where he can outwork RDR and maybe catch him late when gassed bad.

If RDR is recklessly pushing into the pocket though it could get real interesting in the clinch and scrambles.

 

[Domitian]

I don't really see a path for Bo to win unless he lay n prays. RDR is a good fighter he should be like a 4 to 1 favorite.

 

[Ares Black]

I don't really see a path for Bo to win unless he lay n prays. RDR is a good fighter he should be like a 4 to 1 favorite.

I think RDR should be favoured, but not nearly that much IMO.

His striking is rudimentary at best. He is one of the few ranked fighters in the UFC that might be a worse striker than Nickal. And with Nickal's wrestling this could wind up as a kickboxing match.