Since his recent inrush in the UFC, undefeated wrestling prospect, Bo Nickal has picked fights at middleweight and welterweight with the likes of champion, Israel Adesanya, and Khamzat Chimaev, respectively. And questions the former’s worthiness to prevent him from snatching his crown with a submission victory.
A two-time full-length on Dana White’s Contender Series earlier this year, Nickal, a decorated ventriloquist wrestling talent and grappling maestro, landed a comprehensive rear-naked wring win over Zachary Borrego when in August, surpassing returning and earning a UFC contract with a quickfire armbar win versus Donovan Beard the pursuit month.
Teasing a potential future fight versus the undefeated welterweight crusher, Chimaev off the when of his singing with the Dana White-led promotion, Nickal was initially booked to make his Octagon debut versus Jamie Pickett at UFC 282 in December, however, was forced out of the debut due to an injury last month.
Bo Nickal talks up a potential title unpeace with Israel Adesanya
Speaking with former UFC middleweight titleholder, Michael Bisping, Nickal, who has been touted as a legitimate threat to the semester reign of Adesanya due to his wrestling worthiness and grappling expertise, questioned how the Nigerian-Kiwi striker could prevent him from submitting him.
“Of course, when I go in there with a guy like Israel Adesanya, yeah, he’s a killer on the feet,” Bo Nickal told Michael Bisping when asked for his thoughts on the potential fight in the future. “He can knock everyone out, he has wondrous striking. And that goes without saying. Anytime you go into a fight there’s a risk of stuff knocked out. For me, when I squint at that, that’s my only endangerment of losing that fight. There’s not really a endangerment in the world he’s keeping me yonder and picking me untied for five, or four rounds.”
“I don’t really know how he’s (Israel Adesanya) gonna stop me from bringing him to the ground and submitting him,” Bo Nickal explained. “I get it, yeah, there’s unchangingly going to be a endangerment that I get knocked out, but we see this story too many times in this sport. And we know how it goes.”
As for Adesanya, the City Kickboxing staple is set to headline UFC 281 next weekend versus challenger, Alex Pereira – attempting to secure his sixth successful title defense at the middleweight limit at Madison Square Garden.
