How is Bo gonna fix his deficiencies

[wolfss]

What is he good at? was watching the derider fight and he doesn’t look like he has any glaring advantages over any other fighter. Khabib for example has a titanium chin and was a good wrestler with cardio for 10 rounds.

 

[Davey Grant]

He's not, that experiment is over.....

 

[wisdom blows]

He’s a wrestler not a fighter. You can tell he doesn’t like any adversity.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

We’ll see how he does in the late Hulk Hogan’s shoot-wrestling promotion

 

[HHJ]

Probably not.

 

[AmonTobin]

Pro mma fighting is not for everyone.

 

[Skarsgard]

Only thing he can do is put time in sparring. He needs to face adversity in the gym to get comfortable with it in the cage. Sure, Chute Boxe has become a bit of a meme in the last decade or so, but not a single guy from that camp was scared of getting rocked.

 

[MartiniSIDe]

I don't see him getting too far. I don't think he has it in him when things get tough.

In wrestling, yes he probably does but when you can get hit it gets different

 

[Harlekin]

Maybe his loss to RDR will age well. RDR is #5 already and could be #3 soon.
It looked like a good matchup, but in hindsight he was thrown to a wolf.

Pro:Nickal is only 3 years into his MMA career.
Con: He is already 29 and looking for a way out.
He will be a late bloomer like Cormier, who had his first pro fight at 30

 

[Mesos]

People keep bashing Bo Nickal but Reiner is starting to look like a serious force at middleweight. Hes already top 5. No shame in losing to a guy like that especially early in your career.

Bo just needs to be more tactful. He was rushing to much and leaving himself open everywhere. He should use a more boring, methodical style and work his way in to range.

 

[rjmbrd]

Maybe his loss to RDR will age well. RDR is #5 already and could be #3 soon.
It looked like a good matchup, but in hindsight he was thrown to a wolf.

Whittaker is a very solid opponent, but well past his prime. Despite the razor thin loss, he nearly murdered RDR. I don't even think people would have complained if the fight was stopped.

I juxtapose RDR absolutely beating the shit out of Bo in striking exchanges, with Whittaker clearly being a superior overall striker to RDR.

He wrecked Bo with kickboxing.

No doubt RDR is world class and the win ages well, but that was a stylistically hand picked fight (Bo publicly stated he asked for RDR) and he got mollywhopped.

Doesn't bode well IMO.

Pro:Nickal is only 3 years into his MMA career.
Con: He is already 29 and looking for a way out.
He will be a late bloomer like Cormier, who had his first pro fight at 30

Man Cormier was a natural though. He's a fighters fighter and had that in him. No doubt Bo is a great athlete but I don't see him having that level of toughness.

You could hit DC with a 9 iron.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

He's not even a main roster guy ... more like NXT

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

you can't fix giving up

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Probably go to WWE

 

[sickness666]

At age 29, nearly 30 he will not go far. He is used to winning, but at wrestling. Seems he can´t handle being hit in the face or the gut. All in all not a good look for a guy who want´s to be a full contact fighter.
It´s not a shame losing against someone like deRidder. I know about him since his early ONE days. But the way you´re losing the fight counts aswell. In my impression he got mauled by deRidder.

But Bo should already know if MMA is a good choice for him. The beating from deRidder should have showed him at least what he has to do. But I doubt that he is willing and able to do it.

 

[Ares Black]

Probably by training

 

[ultra321]

you can't fix giving up

^THIS^
Things weren't going his way... he was getting lit up so then boo quit like a pussy.....

 

[smiles mma]

He'll be back in his next fight, stand with a striker and all the dudes who doubt anyone that losses will be back on board

 

[ElLunico]

He’s a wrestler not a fighter. You can tell he doesn’t like any adversity.

This^^^

 

[HuskySamoan]

He won't. He looked really bad vs Brundage and that Scottish guy. I dont know how people didn't start to see it coming well before the RDR loss. Him and Rinya are both Olympic caliber wrestlers who beat some of Russias best, who beat worlds medalists and Rinya has multiple wins over Olympic gold medalists. This just shows you how stupid fans are who always thought some Olympic wrestler could just cross over and be better than Khabib. Youre morons, guys youre really dumb.