Height
6' 1"
Reach
75"
Stance
Southpaw
Age
30
BO NICKAL
Height
6' 1"
Reach
75"
Stance
Southpaw
Age
30
Born in Rifle, Colorado, Bo Nickal is a southpaw UFC middleweight who trains out of American Top Team. After graduating from Pennsylvania State University, he transitioned to mixed martial arts with an elite wrestling background. His credentials include three NCAA Division I national titles and a freestyle wrestling U23 World Championship.
Heading into UFC Fight Night: du Plessis vs. Usman with a 3-0-0 pre-event record, Nickal has won four of his past five fights. Most recently, he defeated Kyle Daukaus via punches and elbows for a TKO and knocked out Rodolfo Vieira with a head kick. Though he suffered a body-knee TKO loss against Reinier de Ridder, he previously secured a unanimous decision over Paul Craig and submitted Cody Brundage with a rear-naked choke.