Bo Nickal thinks matchmakers have a layup on the UFC White Home card.
Knickal has made fairly a number of enemies all through his skilled MMA profession, however his newest rival is Colby Covington. The 2 not too long ago received into an altercation throughout a press convention to advertise a Royal Air Power occasion. When requested by a reporter about the potential for going through Nikal in knowledgeable MMA bout, Covington stated the fighter, who has 9 skilled MMA bouts beneath his belt, must get in form.
Throughout an interview with MMAFighting.com, Nickal urged UFC matchmakers to guide him for a match in opposition to “Chaos” on the White Home.
“Clearly, that was the plan for me after the final recreation,” Nickal stated. “It could be an excellent honor to combat on that card. It could be very historic. As for the opponent, I will go away it as much as the UFC, however I feel the Colby matchup makes a variety of sense, particularly contemplating the final RAF occasion and the way every part went. Then he introduced he was shifting as much as middleweight. I simply really feel like that is the combat I ought to make.”
“For me, any fighter I’ve ever fought in opposition to in MMA, I’ve by no means had any motivation to particularly beat that particular person. It is simply an opponent. This combat was positively a little bit extra private, and clearly he was making a variety of feedback. I really feel like it could be enjoyable to combat somebody that I really wish to combat. Simply having that further motivation for me, it may be a variety of enjoyable.”
Nickal is off to a 7-0 begin in his skilled MMA profession. Issues fell aside in Might 2025 when he was stopped by Reinier de Ridder. Six months later, Nickal bounced again by knocking out Rodolfo Vieira with a head kick within the second spherical inside Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
Covington withdrew from his earlier two fights in opposition to Joaquin Buckley and Leon Edwards. He scored a convincing victory over Luke Rockhold in knowledgeable freestyle wrestling match at RAF 5 in January.
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