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Mike Brown issues statement on Bo Nickal's first UFC loss: 'Lack of experience showed'
The reality of losing hit Bo Nickal hard at UFC on ESPN 67, but coach Mike Brown isn't completely discouraged.
Aljamain Sterling: Bo Nickal should consider welterweight after UFC Des Moines loss
Aljamain Sterling thinks Bo Nickal is too small for the UFC middleweight division. Nickal (7-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) suffered his ...
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After suffering his first loss at UFC Des Moines, what’s next for Bo Nickal?
This past Saturday in the co-main event of UFC Des Moines, we saw a major matchup in the middleweight division where […] ...
Bo Nickal Suffers 1st-Ever Loss with Stunning Reinier de Ridder KO at UFC Fight Night
Reinier de Ridder dealt Bo Nickal his first career MMA defeat, scoring a KO at 1:53 of the second round during UFC Fight ...
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Bo Nickal’s head coach responds to critics, admits ‘lack of experience showed’ in first UFC loss
Bo Nickal suffered the first loss of his career this past weekend in his fight against Reinier de Ridder, and his head coach ...
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Dana White told to cut Bo Nickal from the UFC by former lightweight star
Finney went viral last year after UFC CEO Dana White said he’d get ‘absolutely decimated’ in the UFC when he won his second ...
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Reinier de Ridder makes surprising prediction about Bo Nickal’s MMA future after shock KO at UFC Des Moines
After suffering the first setback of his fighting career, Nickal heard criticism from all sides after UFC Des Moines. Some ...
Josh Thomson wants Dana White to cut Bo Nickal: “It was very telling how much work he needs”
Josh Thomson has called for Bo Nickal’s exit from the UFC after his first career loss to Reinier de Ridder at UFC Des Moines.
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Bo Nickal Vows to Return Stronger After First MMA Loss at UFC Des Moines
Bo Nickal, a top UFC middleweight prospect, suffered his first professional defeat on May 3, 2025, against Reinier de Ridder ...
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‘This Is What a Real Fight Is’: Bo Nickal Gets Crash Course in Octagon Reality from UFC Ref
Off the back of his shocking defeat at UFC Des Moines over the weekend, uber-prospect, Bo Nickal has been warned he now faces ...
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Reinier de Ridder Reveals What He Told Bo Nickal After UFC Victory
“It feels pretty good, given all the hype around Bo Nickal, to be the one to take the O,” de Ridder said. “I said it to him after the fight: ‘I’m happy I had to fight you now and not in three years,’ ...
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Reinier de Ridder explains what happened when he finished Bo Nickal at UFC Des Moines
Reinier de Ridder has explained what he felt in the midst of his finishing sequence against Bo Nickal at UFC Des Moines.