Bo Nickal suffered the first loss of his MMA career in brutal and one-sided fashion against former two division MMA champion Reinier de Ridder at the UFC of ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo. De Ridder gave Bo Nickal an absolute beatdown, finishing him off with a vicious knee in the solar plexus that crumpled the college wrestler.
Former UFC umpire and Bellator commentator John McCarthy placed emphasis on the issue and was extremely dull, but not as harsh on American wrestlers as others in the MMA realm. The former judge said:
“Bo Nickal learned: Hey, there’s a level in everything. His wrestling is really good, but he needs to get better everywhere.
Bo Nikkal is not finished yet.
Nikkal is only 29 years old, so he is a relatively young fighter, and is justly dumped in the trash from the rest of the MMA community as he is not finished yet for the wrestler-turned-fighter plane as other wrestlers came to MMA. If Nikkal really wants to be a fighter, he must evolve himself and humble himself. So, for Nikkal, it’s not over yet, but he must evolve, or his career will die.
