Former middleweight champion of the world, Robert Whittaker, has been at the absolute top of the company. Whittaker has been at the top of the Middleweight rankings for many years. Whittaker last fought Paulo Costa and won impressively. Whittaker knows what it takes to fight and get to the absolute top. He gave his take on the trailblazing Bo Nickal and his rise to UFC’s middleweight.
The UFC 300 occurred last weekend, and Bo Nickal performed phenomenally inside the Octagon.
Robert Whittaker on Bo Nickal
Bo Nickal choked out Cody Brundage in the second round, continuing his win streak in the company. Nickal has finished every opponent in the UFC in the early rounds. He has now gone six fights without getting beaten. Nickal has made waves in the division, and some folks are already calling him a top contender. Robert Whittaker said,
Bo Nickal did fine vs a dude who could kind of wrestle, kind of strike, and he didn’t look as good as he has previously because he’s been running through shoe-ins for him.
Whittaker emphasized that Nickal has not fought any major wrestler as of now. Whittaker, known for his phenomenal takedown defense, claimed that Bo has had easy fights in the UFC until now. It’ll be interesting to see how Bo reacts to this claim. Bo clarified that he would love to face a higher-ranked opponent in the UFC.
Nickal, as good a wrestler as he is, has yet to face a fighter with amazing take-down defense in the octagon. The UFC might just be handpicking and building up Bo Nuckal to transform him into the next major star in the company. Bo Nickal was a college division one wrestler with some heavy wrestling credentials.
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It’ll be interesting to see if Whittaker and Bo Nickal meet in the middle of the octagon in the future. After the UFC 300 concluded, Bo Nickal called out Anthony Hernandez for a fight. It’ll be intriguing to witness who the UFC pitches Bo Nickal against for his next bout in the octagon. Will Whittaker and Bo Nickal fight each other in the octagon? Only time will tell.
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