Bo Nickal, a UFC middleweight contender, is expected to compete before 2025.
The three-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion scored a brutal head kick knockout on November 15 at UFC 322.
Post-fight, Bo Nickal didn’t know if he’d make a quick return to the Octagon or wait to fight on the UFC White House card in June.
The 29-year-old appears to have found a new way to keep busy, away from MMA.
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Bo Nickal will face Yoel Romanro
Michael Chandler ended his losing streak when he beat Chad Mendes in RAF03 Saturday night.
Real American Freestyle (RAF), a first-ever unscripted wrestling league, has held its third event at Chicago. Next up, the promotion will put on an event at the Fishers Event Center in Indiana on December 20.
Bo Nickal will face Yoel Romaro for the light-heavyweight title in RAF04 which is headlined by a heavyweight championship bout between Mason Parris, 2024 Olympian and recent NCAA champion Wyatt Hendrickson.
David Carr will face Belal Muhammad, former UFC Welterweight Champion.
Bo Nickal vs. Yoel Romero are set to face each other in a Freestyle Wrestling Match on RAF 04 pic.twitter.com/xWQ6Rp2rfA— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) November 30, 2025
UFC fighter Bo Nickal will receive half his pay in Bo Nickal fight
Caio Borralho, a UFC middleweight competitor, wants to fight Bo Nickal in the White House.
The Brazilian says he’d even be willing to take a pay cut to make that fight happen next summer.
“Right away, if the UFC offers me Bo Nickal in the White House, I would fight for half the purse,” Borralho recently said.
“These fighters are excellent in their disciplines, but they don’t yet have the level of a solid top 10 MMA fighter,” he added about Nickal and Reinier de Ridder.
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