Bo Nickal's next fight?

[Conor Strickland]

Who should he fight next? Is he ready for the top 15?

 

[Safton]

He didn't look ready, but there's not much room for him left after beating Craig who only recently fell out of the rankings. The only two dudes ahead of him on Fight Matrix that aren't in the official Top 15 are Kevin Holland and Joe Pyfer. Holland is probably still recovering from that rib injury and, well, I don't see Dana rushing to throw both of his Middleweight golden boys at each other so quick even if their stock isn't what it used to be.

So unless he starts fighting backwards, he's probably gonna get a Michel Pereira or Jack Hermansson next. Costa wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Conor Strickland]

He didn't look ready, but there's not much room for him left after beating Craig who only recently fell out of the rankings. The only two dudes ahead of him on Fight Matrix that aren't in the official Top 15 are Kevin Holland and Joe Pyfer. Holland is probably still recovering from that rib injury and, well, I don't see Dana rushing to throw both of his Middleweight golden boys at each other so quick even if their stock isn't what it used to be.

So unless he starts fighting backwards, he's probably gonna get a Michel Pereira or Jack Hermansson next. Costa wouldn't surprise me.

I was thinking he'd fight Jack Hermansson too. That'd be a good fight

 

[Jose Beehive]

Pyfer would be fun , not sure if he’s already matched

 

[Safton]

I was thinking he'd fight Jack Hermansson too. That'd be a good fight

Jack fucks up the version of Bo we just saw pretty comfortably IMO.

 

[laleggenda27]

I'm guessing his next fight will be against an unranked opponent. The UFC is going to slow play Bo, and for good reason. He needs more time to develop.

At best, he'll get someone like Michel Pereira. But I suspect the fans will be disappointed by Bo's next opponent; perhaps someone like Andre Petroski or Roman Kopylov.

 

[HuskySamoan]

I was thinking he'd fight Jack Hermansson too. That'd be a good fight

Hermansson is a stylistically favorable matchup for Bo, though Bo may still lose. Ikram isn't a bad opponent either, Abus, Gregory Rodrigues, Iron Turtle, Michel Pereir.

 

[Gio]

Iron Turtle would be fun. He's never in a boring fight.

 

[JosephTessaro]

Pyfer. I think I even saw this on the "matches to make" deal on the front page after the fights.

 

[Soggust]

I'd like to see if he can stand with Gerald Meerschaert

 

[fortheo]

Hermansson is a stylistically favorable matchup for Bo, though Bo may still lose. Ikram isn't a bad opponent either, Abus, Gregory Rodrigues, Iron Turtle, Michel Pereir.

I'll be surprised if Bo's next fight is against a guy like Hermansson, rodrigues, or ikram -- They're all good grapplers with better striking than Bo. Bo's managaement has been very careful with who bo fights. He's going to fight another guy with a very obvious weakness he can exploit like Michel Pereira, or Shara magomedov. That's my guess.