US President Donald Trump plans to observe Bo Nickal compete on the White Home subsequent 12 months.
Whereas thousands and thousands of People face the actual chance of dropping their SNAP advantages as a result of ongoing authorities shutdown, President Trump appears extra targeted on the fully pointless $250 million renovation of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and his deliberate UFC occasion in Washington, D.C., in June 2026.
Ever since President Trump introduced that Battle Evening can be held within the nation’s capital, UFC stars have been pulling out all of the stops to compete within the once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Amongst them is Nikkal, who instantly informed the president that he needed to take part within the competition.
In line with the previous Nittany Lion, that alone was sufficient to make sure he was on the cardboard.
“I used to be selling the Actual American Freestyle Wrestling occasion on Fox, and President Trump noticed it,” Nikkal stated throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Present. “He referred to as me instantly, simply to cheer me up and speak concerning the White Home combat card. I informed him I needed to be on it, and he stated, ‘Executed deal.'”
“So he and Dana go means again, but when he places in a great phrase, that solely helps. I am honored to be combating on that card. It is historical past.”
The occasion is tentatively scheduled for June 14, which additionally occurs to be President Trump’s eightieth birthday.
Bo Niccal’s first loss in combined martial arts was a ‘humiliating’ expertise
After coming into the UFC on a six-fight profitable streak, together with back-to-back finishes on Dana White’s Contender Collection, Nickal suffered his first setback contained in the Octagon, struggling a brutal second-round knockout loss to Reinier de Ridder at UFC Des Moines.
“I bear in mind once you requested me if I used to be going to take part in ‘qualifiers’ and I scoffed at that,” Nickal stated. “I used to be positively conceited, which was just a little bit true in my place, however I used to be additionally conceited on the similar time.
“So I do not actually care the place I combat proper now. If the UFC needs to place me on the entrance of the combat card, I am joyful to do this. That is positively a part of this humility…I do not suppose I ought to get something I do not deserve, and I need to get every thing I’ve.”
Nickal will look to bounce again from the primary lack of his profession when he takes on Rodolfo Vieira at UFC 322 on November fifteenth.
