News Super Prospect BO NICKAL has first MMA fight next Friday

AimedWithV said:
Usually they do pick up Div 1 guys in recent years....but this one is another level, Olympian gold medalist....maybe UFC can bring him earlier
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The UFC wasn't dying to sign Gable and told him to get regional success first. I would imagine they would do the same here.
 
Oh this dude! Ryan tapped him out a few years back. If he has seriously training he'll do just fine.
 
JustOnce said:
I think they are making the same mistake with Oliveira that they made with Poirier, which was why Dustin was such a huge underdog against Max, Conor-2 and the fight was considered pretty close in a trilogy fight as well.

You can see what they were saying about Poirier in this thread.

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/is-dustin-poirier-the-best-striker-in-the-lw-history.4190204/

I think people sometimes underestimate what hard work with high level training available to fighters right now can do to improve fighters, especially younger fighters, relatively speaking anyways.

People kept thinking Poirier is a wild brawler with suspect defense because he got dropped in a pretty spectacular manner and sort of disregarded the clear improvement Poirier made over time. He's way more technical than lot of people give him credit for and way better defensively sound.

However, I do it is true that Poirier's game hasn't really changed per se. He just refined his weapons very, very well.

I think I see something similar happening with Oliveira. He did also look like he found a way out earlier in his career here and there, and perhaps heart is something that can't be taught, and I haven't really payed a lot of attention to Oliveira to say exactly, but I do know he made a lot of improvements.

I think if Oliveira can avoid getting clipped by Poirier and survive the onslaught early, I think he has a pretty good chance of finishing Poirier. I just think people are making the same mistake of underestimating Oliveira like they did with Poirier, though this fight probably could go either way.
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You’re late buddy. I already made a thread

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/super-prospect-bo-nickal-has-first-mma-fight-next-friday.4204716/
 
Bo doesnt look physically talented, no muscles, slower then other top guys ect.
Great in scrambles, good defense had killer instinct as far as wrestling moves go. This is no surprise but he had nothing for David Taylor at the trials. So now he is on to MMA.

I hope he does well, but I dont anticipate him being an mma champion. But me no watch him train mma, so maybe he can avoid getting KOd and grind out wins.
 
kingghidrah said:
How much of this is due to USADA I wonder
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Probably none? If guys have any Olympic training or even world championship hopes at all, USADA tests them constantly, I believe. I could be wrong.
 
Substance Abuse said:
Probably none? If guys have any Olympic training or even world championship hopes at all, USADA tests them constantly, I believe. I could be wrong.
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True but we know there's ways around that even in the Olympics. Alot of shady stuff.
 
I don’t like his hair. For that reason alone I’m rooting against him.
 
Why is he taking an amateur MMA fight? What kind of idiot is signing up to get their ass kicked by a 3x NCAA champion for free?
 
Substance Abuse said:
The UFC wasn't dying to sign Gable and told him to get regional success first. I would imagine they would do the same here.
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Honestly, many will disagree, but I believe the overall striking game in all divisions of MMA has gone up in skill level steadily.

Could be a big reason why they want these wrestlers to prove themselves first.
 
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