Bo Nickal will face his hardest take a look at up to now within the UFC Octagon at UFC 309, as he’s set to tackle submission specialist Paul Craig in a giant battle at middleweight.
Bo Nickal is extensively thought of a future champion within the middleweight division, and he has the possibility to take one step nearer to that on November 16 when he takes on the gritty Paul Craig.
With the promotion seemingly making an attempt to push him into superstardom, the 28-year-old competed on the monumental UFC 300 occasion this previous April, submitting Cody Brundage within the second spherical.
Bo Nickal reacts to his battle in opposition to Paul Craig being introduced
The Scotsman however is on a two-fight shedding streak, shedding his spot within the high 15 of the 185lb rankings.
One little bit of criticism the UFC has acquired for the best way they’re coping with Nickal is that almost all of followers imagine he’s already prepared for a battle contained in the rankings, and regardless of Craig’s consistency within the rankings, he’s not within the high 15.
Reacting to his battle being introduced, Nickal commented: “Freedom! Yo, I ought to roll up with my face painted blue, think about that he could be like, ‘Dude, that’s my factor man’, and I’d simply completely clown on him.
“I’m excited, Paul Craig, massive battle at MSG UFC 309, undoubtedly going to be a large card however yeah, I’m simply able to go, I’m excited and it’s time to go and do my factor,” Nickal mentioned on the Nickals and Dimes Podcast.
When it comes to betting odds, Nickal has been probably the most closely backed fighters in UFC historical past and for his UFC debut in opposition to Jamie Pickett, he entered the cage as an enormous -2000 favourite.
In line with Nickal’s podcast co-host, he has opened up as a -2000 favourite in opposition to the UFC veteran, ‘Bearjew’, which Nickal overtly admitted is ‘loopy’.
The middleweight battle between Nickal and Craig isn’t the one battle that was just lately introduced for the massive occasion headlined by Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic.
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Bo Nickal reveals he ‘can’t see something’ however has regained a few of his eyesight
Regardless of his sheer dominance all through faculty in wrestling, the 26-year-old has revealed that he ‘can’t see something’ and has at all times struggled badly along with his imaginative and prescient.
“Dude, I can’t see something, I don’t know if you realize that. I actually undergo life simply rocking out. I can’t do contacts, they mess with my eyes an excessive amount of… I wore glasses for a very long time after which my canine chewed them up.
“I bought a brand new pair and the prescription wasn’t proper after which I simply mentioned, I’m completed, I’m not doing it anymore. My imaginative and prescient bought higher, I went to the ophthalmologist and I don’t know in the event that they have been simply being good however they went, ‘Oh 2020’, and I used to be like, what? Yeah, I’ve 2020 imaginative and prescient (now),” Nickal added.
The American isn’t the one UFC fighter who struggles along with his imaginative and prescient as fellow middleweight contender, Caio Borralho has popularised glasses along with his Preventing Nerds teammates.
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