How Bo Nickal Fraud Checked Himself

[@jdamsel8212]

Blud been training for like a year and showed up with one punch. At this rate he'll learn a combo when hes 40.

[@kilometersmetzker4516]

blud

[@anthonypapiccio2045]

He showed an uppercut last fight but then forgot about it this fight. Maybe it was a driver issue

[@robertowen1648]

I'm sure you could do better and you are the expert.

[@ohgeezrick2019]

@@robertowen1648 I bet if it was his job and he was being paid he could do better. Bo Nickal’s striking is unimpressive and he lacks power.

[@AverageHTE]

​@@robertowen1648it's not that hard to vary your punches. nobody is asking him to possess a sean strickland jab or a pereira left hook, but having two or three punches nailed in for a PROFESSIONAL fight is the bare minimum

[@roycegarvin]

That golf celebration he did after the fight made my soul hurt.

[@RoundOfApplauseChannel]

That ish was cringe!! 😂🤣😭

[@zero89-pc4eu]

He did it because the figth was boring as golf 😂

[@JerseyJersey100]

Im sooo embarrassed for that moron. Bo is an idiot mentally.

[@gcoffey223]

His swing was worse than his striking

[@xdxreaper218]

it was literally done for trump since he was there

[@nitrox1613]

Bo deserves criticism for his lack luster striking. But can we talk about Paul Craig having 27 fights and having zero striking and throwing nothing other than a body kick vs a guy who’s 6-0

[@SidimedNbey]

His pillow kicks

[@craigadair128]

I agree. Paul Craig made 0 effort offensively

[@silentassassin423]

I think Paul Craig has gotten actually worse.

[@RoundOfApplauseChannel]

Craig was never high level outside of grappling lol

[@terryboi33]

Nobody was expecting anything from Paul

[@James-712]

"I would walk through Khamzat" "DDP is easy money" "I would choke out Whittaker faster than Khamzat" Bo set himself up by saying this type of stuff fr

[@CeBme]

Bo is the Best

[@1wa83n]

​@@CeBmebest at looking like a gay hobo😂 best at scaring away Santa with the ugliest haircut

[@DevDreCW]

@@CeBme The best at playing himself

[@tarnsebastiandodd8970]

Someone need to pin this

[@dcn92123]

Has he actually said any of this stuff? I've watched most of his interviews and I never once heard him say he'd choke out Robert faster. He said he was impressed with Khamzat and that he has some catching up to do. I could be wrong. Where did he say this?

[@anthimetardif9627]

In retrospect this was bad matchmaking. Bo is still so green in his MMA career that he thinks he couldn't use any wrestling on a guard grappler. This looked like a fight from 2005 where a wrestler with an overhand and a guy who only wins by pulling guard had a terrible kickboxing match.

[@tylerwhite4557]

spot on

[@fmac6441]

You can’t judgy the matchmaking for the performance. They give him the easiest fight on the feet possible with some danger in the ground. The problem is the space that the UFC gives to Bo, if was in the good spot of the prelims (last or so) would be OK. Edit: or a fight night, main event of apex or main card in a city card

[@jaamall]

He should be fighting top fighters. He's on a main card PPV. He's even made it on a main card over Aljo. If he gets knocked out, oh well.

[@fmac6441]

@ Aljo and Jiri

[@Blumpkinninja]

2005 Dan Henderson fondles Bo and takes his lunch money

[@out_of_orbit1968]

Bot Nickal is probably updating his software after that fight. Certified NPC.

[@GRAVEMANMMA]

My fav npc

[@weldedshilian6654]

bro got the software update notice in the middle of his fight

[@garfrockbreadtroll]

bo nickal acting like jon jones after the dominick reyes and gustafson fight

[@nicksalvatore5717]

they talk so similarly, narcissism

[@Kgopani3101]

Tf are you talking about? Reyes and Gustafson fights were wars, one of them is in the HOF, nickal fought almost an unranked bum who was given to him so he could make a highlight reel KO out of

[@prashantawasthi2418]

Exactly 💯 ​@@Kgopani3101

[@ZachGilmore-f3f]

@@Kgopani3101yea bro used a horrible example. The two guys he named were number 1 contenders except for Reyes who was a stand in I think. But like bro. Bo doesn’t understand the guy he fought and needed a decision against got knocked out by Johnny effing walker. He has been knocked out more times than Bo has fights😂 what are we doing here?

[@Kgopani3101]

@ZachGilmore-f3f Real talk, bo could've easily taken down paul and mauled him, some idiot in his camp prolly told him that Craig is charles oliveira who'd put him in a deep sub the second he shoots

[@chiefawesomeness]

Khamzat would become a felon after what he would do to Bo Nickal.

[@gersonencarnacion3744]

Bro got fraud checked even after winning. Thats gotta hurt even more than losing.

[@Abettergrappler]

I've been on the Bo hate train since he was a freshman at Allen. Even when he lost in HS he would say people got lucky.

[@bigruckus8664]

Wow that’s dedication brotha 🤣

[@Abettergrappler]

@bigruckus8664 Doing what you love makes time fly by

[@Trebelsi]

You sound like me ever since I found out lsrael did 9ll. Now every time they are behind something people just say cohencidence.

[@RoundOfApplauseChannel]

​@@Trebelsi Lol same here!! 🤣😂😭

[@RoundOfApplauseChannel]

​@@Abettergrappler Bro that dedication is admirable!! 😭😂🤣

[@entername4166]

Bo needs a boxing coach ASAP.

[@youngcook1185]

Yes and work on entry’s and stop exploding every time he moves I mean it’s to much to talk about but is very fixable

[@kendaldk5634]

I think Barry Robinson is his striking coach. The guy is pretty good, but he doesn't corner Bo at his fights.

[@C0d0ps]

@@kendaldk5634 Maybe he should

[@klodd5328]

Why learn how to strike if you can feint the single leg and throw a looping overhand 78 times each fight?

[@thefinalbell3998]

It doesn’t matter if your a d1 wrestler or Olympic the best wrestling we’ve seen in the UFC all comes from guys who are hybrids GSP Khamzat and Khabib

[@yns_bandz16]

🎯

[@fangiscool1]

Khamzat? His background is wrestling. He started mma training at 23, similar to Bo Nickal.

[@yourboigaming1334]

You hit the nail on the head man! Explains why cejudo got into trouble with Aljo and explains everything when it comes to grappling in MMA. Khamzat is such a great grappler bcz he mixes up BJJ and wrestling so well. His shucking to the back and sinking in the hooks is absolutely immaculate.

[@guitarlair]

Exactly... ppl don't understand that wrestling is just a small part of grappling... in MMA you don't wrestle, you grapple.. and grappling is a mix of everything... judo, jiu jtsu, wrestling etc...the reason why wrestlers get dominated by hybrids is because they do shit that wrestler are not expecting, like judo throws, trips, chain wrestling against the cage, muay thai clinch, jiu jitsu sweeps etc...

[@atshabal]

Exactly I remember watching Somewhere that what makes these Russians guys so good it it's their mix of judo ,Jujitsu and wrestling.

[@keegswl5119]

Commentary switched from Bo Nickal title run starts now to you know he only started mma 4 years ago

[@ishan7956]

Bo would 100% get mauled by khamzat

[@Dylan-xs7lo]

Everyone does

[@thememeguy2195]

Dana is not happy about his manufactured hype train self-derailed. Rumors say that even after coming out of a room with Jon, he was still soured by Bot's performance.

[@DMR_MAK]

Bot Nickal? 🛌

[@RoundOfApplauseChannel]

​@@DMR_MAKyes lol

[@klodd5328]

Bro thank you. I hate it so much when the UFC tries to artificially create a superstar. Tried the same with O'Malley (which somehow works, cause most of the guys fights are actually exciting). Bo has zero charisma and just not a fighting style to back it up. The fact he was on the main card of UFC300 over Jiri vs Rakić still makes me mad.

[@PrimalZeno]

Bo Nickal has been training striking at a McDojo

[@rstlr01]

American Top Team is a McDojo? Ooof!

[@C0d0ps]

@@rstlr01 Based on his striking yes Based on the other athletes there, no

[@olliecurtin8590]

7:00 The Oliver Taza grappling match was genuinely super impressive for Bo. I'm baffled how much he respected Paul Craig's grappling

[@Jonathan-os5eo]

The khabib comparison doesnt work because bo nikal has had way more hyoe this early, he talks big, and thr ufc puts him on main cards when hes not earned it

[@Shadowoftheoldones]

I think he's fallen into the trap of thinking the fans hate grappling. Nobody complains about Khamzat or Islam using grappling because seeing them ragdoll people is impressive. I hope he gets it through his head that he can use his strongest skill, or he's gonna Rousey himself against top tier strikers.

[@timhertens8502]

People usually only hate boring grappling, holding people down without attempting anything etc I think good Jiu Jitsu or wrestling, judo etc are all well liked as long as it’s not just pinning

[@WeAreGhuraba]

Mate that isn't why. He was overly cautious of Paul's ground game, that is all.

[@DivineAtheistWannabe]

@@timhertens8502 exactly. People love Charles Oliveira.

[@gcoffey223]

​@@WeAreGhuraba Paul is dangerous... only 6 guys in his last 7 beat him

[@Shadowoftheoldones]

@@WeAreGhuraba It's speculation either way, unless you can read his mind.

[@alishbuzgyov5797]

The deference between Khabib and Bo or whatever his name is,is that Khabib didn't talk $hit over and over again and being delusional

[@user-ki4xw2rb8q]

His name is Bo, yes.

[@Mmafanufc12]

Bo would slam khabib when ever he wanted

[@fireblade3655]

@@Mmafanufc12bro stop yapping lol

[@gcoffey223]

​@@Mmafanufc12 I'm not even sure Bo beats Islam at this point.

[@Jujitard69420]

@@Mmafanufc12he wouldnt have the confidence to do so outside of a wrestling match and thats disappointing for saying such confident things

[@James-712]

On the feet he literally only has an overhand. Also doesn't even trust the great wrestling he always brags about. Roman Dolidze would unironically school Bo Nickal

[@LeonEdwards-ij5pm]

Ok nigga chill out. That's too far.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

this is why O'Malley did the right thing and not immediately jump straight into ranked fights before he was ready

[@SidimedNbey]

Paul isn't ranked , got finished in his last two fights

[@DevDreCW]

O'Malley was always a dominate force too. So many highlight reel moments from the start of his career. I get the feeling Bo doesn't want to take any damage and is fighting super safe.

[@Notpoop906]

O'Malley was starching those bums though. Bot Nickal got outwrestled by Cody Bumdage 😂

[@user-ki4xw2rb8q]

@@Notpoop906 Did you watch this video? What's your opinion on Che saying that you are wrong?

[@durdle3260]

Paul Craig is the only gatekeeper to fraud check any prospect win or lose 😭

[@GigachadMMA69]

D1 charles is a better wrestler than no nickel

[@sbgbreakfastclub]

100%

[@unionafrican6094]

100%

[@CountMeCurious]

Bro abused that left cross so much, I saw it coming 90% of the time

[@TheLockon00]

I don't cut him much slack as far as his inexperience. He's now 7-0 and has been fighting for three years. Chris Weidman was 9-0 and had only been fighting for four years when he stepped in against Silva for the first time. Michael Chandler was 8-0 and had only been fighting for two years when he beat Eddie Alvarez for the Bellator belt. Daniel Cormier was 8-0 and had only been fighting for two years when he knocked out top 10 Bigfoot Silva in a round. In Chimaev's eighth fight, he knocked out Geral Meershaert with one punch. Do any of us picture Bo doing that in his next fight?

[@zane_05]

No😭😭😭😭😭😭 mma math don’t work like that if bo was legit he would’ve finished paul

[@bEtHeSdA_LAME_sTuDi0s]

Let's not pretend that the Gerald QUEERSHART fight wasn't just a circus level lay up to pad khamzats record 😂

[@TheLockon00]

@@bEtHeSdA_LAME_sTuDi0s As opposed to the Craig fight for Nickal?

[@tarnsebastiandodd8970]

He only chose to strike because he was scared of Paul’s jujitsu

[@vladbka_pachan]

And his striking looked terrible, that’s the point

[@liquidketamine8562]

Bo was just scared shitless of Paul's fluke triangles.

[@Meowzuzuzuzu]

Bo Nickal always manages to look unimpressive in his wins, I was telling my friends that before the fight.

[@asdfloschikosdelbarrio2724]

Why do you ignore Bo Nickal went pretty well with Gordon when Gordon couldn't use leg locks. Thats literally his strength.

[@DevDreCW]

Gordon Ryan? Did you see this fight? Not a single takedown attempted, he was afraid of fucking Paul craig.

[@MMAChe.]

Because it's irrelevant to the point I was trying to make. I only wanted to look at how he set up the triangle, the no leg lock rule doesn't change anything about how he matches up to Paul Craig. Of course, he was way out matched by Gordan, we all already know that.

[@DaLeprechaun]

Bo went from apologizing for the brundage performance to gaslighting that he put a whoopin on craig

[@FrankieRizz]

bot nickal went through a firmware update in the middle of that fight

[@galaxyvulture6649]

To be fair his match against Gordon ryan had special rules added and i remember some types of subs weren't allowed.

[@cloaker2829]

heel hooks

[@FatGuruMMA]

Bot Nickal needs to upgrade his software

[@rochhasbeenhere]

Bro start a podcast if you havent yet, you have very good insights and its not like your content NEEDS to be in video format, I would love to hear more long form analysis from you

[@johnjohnson3390]

The world doesn't need another podcast

[@DivineAtheistWannabe]

@@johnjohnson3390 It does. I have very long drives to and from work.

[@rochhasbeenhere]

Does the world need another podcast? No. Would I like to have a mma che hosted podcast? Yes. The two things are not mutually exclusive

[@GuerillaCatty73]

The guy who needs time to develop... fair enough... so get him off the main card. That's the real problem here. He's free to have his training wheels and find his MMA feet, but he's being plonked in people's faces as though he has something. Maybe he gets there in the end, but he aint there yet. The UFC keep trying to make out he is and that his fights are noteworthy. The backlash is justified.

[@devil1994]

Maybe Bo watched Craig’s fight against Ankalaev and decided not to go to the ground

[@averagejoe2402]

I feel like another factor is that he’s been SUPER cocky. If he’s didn’t talk like he could rogdoll everyone and had more humility (and wasn’t on the maincardd, built himself up like everyone else) he wouldn’t be getting trashed AS BAD

[@brycehawes38]

I’m convinced that Che, myself and at least 100 other people watching this could beat Bo in a kickboxing fight

[@RiriRara-id7zt]

Bo is easy money brutha

[@timhertens8502]

Bortha he good grappling but nobody check his striking

[@gojosensei6501]

u couldnt even beat val woodburn

[@supercalifragalistic-z9f]

You guys can't beat Arial hawanni.

[@chrisdudedurian1305]

The only reason why Bo didnt get submitted within the first 30 seconds against Gordon is because the rules literally banned heelhooks and he kept running the entire time

[@bEtHeSdA_LAME_sTuDi0s]

How do you run in a grappling Match? It's already pathetic enough when people say taking 1 step backwards is running in striking.

[@ProfessorOfLogicAtUnvOfScience]

If gordon needs a heel hook to submit bo, he aint the goat... and gordon is the goat. Gordon also couldnt pull guard iirc. Bo didnt want to get to the ground with ryan, he wanted to try and win on points without giving gordon a chance to submit him. It was a decent showing, but it was very clear gordon would never lose a grappling match against bo until hes aged out.

[@ProfessorOfLogicAtUnvOfScience]

​@@bEtHeSdA_LAME_sTuDi0sdid you not watch the match? Lol, bo ran in circles...

[@chrisdudedurian1305]

@ProfessorOfLogicAtUnvOfScience ik he's the goat but still heel hooks are his speciality. Taking away Ur best move is still hard. Also yea Bo ran the entire time and still got caught

[@ProfessorOfLogicAtUnvOfScience]

@@chrisdudedurian1305 but bo had basically zero juijitsu or submissions/submission defence at the time... im js the heel hooks being discarded made zero difference to the outcome.

[@Tictac_7]

bro is a yapper

[@Trebelsi]

He's jwish lol it's what they do

[@seraveev1597]

While I agree with almost everything you said the only reason Gordon struggled against Bo is because of the rules the match had that greatly benefited Bo. No guard pulls or leg locks makes a huge differenc

[@rayzhang7591]

Whatever Bo was trying to do, he proved that he ain’t that talented at striking lol

[@bullet4885]

I think his performance was fine in normal circumstances, the problem is that he comes out saying he would maul khamzat and finish Whittaker in a round too but what we are seeing so far isn’t even close to the level he is painting to be.

[@caspeansea9619]

That golf swing celebration after that diabolical performance was absolutely embarassing and pathetic. If you wanna see a boring arse wrestler then look at Nickal. That is a boring wrestler. Not Khamzat, Makachev or Khabib.

[@angelo3998]

He didn’t even wrestle

[@Sanju-sg9pt]

His 6-0. Stop complaining

[@caspeansea9619]

@@Sanju-sg9pt Against tomato cans, tomato puree cans, lychee cans and pizza boxes. Lmao 😂

[@Sanju-sg9pt]

@@caspeansea9619 that's what I mean. His only had 7 fights. What Habib was doing on his 7 fight?.

[@caspeansea9619]

@@Sanju-sg9pt Maybe you wanna sound genius by bringing Khabib comparison here but the thing is it only made you like a dumbfuq with that comment. Khabib on his 6th UFC fight easily beat the prime RDA who was on a 5-win stroll and then went on another 5-win stroll and became the champion after the loss against Khabib. Don't ever associate that over glorified bum's name with Khabib again. It was utterly disrespectful and totally embarrassing.

[@essence6868]

Reasonable takes brother. Could always expect rationale when you watch MMA Che hah.

[@biggiemcmac7724]

Bo nickal is just an annoying guy all round

[@alexei.moskalev]

Had the same thoughts, like Craig only has surprise triangle from bottom, while Bo was grappling with Gordon Ryan. He should be able to do a lot without being caught on the ground! But no, we got the boredom classic, when 2 grapplers decide to do kickboxing match....

[@pt5728]

I knew he wasn’t what many hyped him up to be after the Brundage fight. And yet I still expected him to perform better than he did against Craig.

[@sapienthought1103]

good points but Bo set himself up for this with his talk over the top rankers of the division

[@yns_bandz16]

4:08 those aren’t great examples,i explained this to someone else too but if u watch those grappling matches bo “didn’t get caught in a sub” because he would disengage or stand back up everytime they tried to go for one he never settled in any actual positions on top & showed sub defense while simultaneously controlling them which is what you’re asking him to do against craig,thats the difference

[@traditionalisttolkienist]

He pulled guard on Taza and Taza couldn't pass it.

[@yns_bandz16]

​@traditionalisttolkienist yea but we're talking about him being in top position not bottom position he's not going to beat craig by being on his back & not allowing him to pass guard & if he tried then he would receive gnp which isn't allowed in pure bjj

[@mati-sq8ru]

Ur crazy if u think khamzat wouldnt maul him on the ground

[@BenT800]

It would be competitive

[@badgedog]

bo got snakecharmed by the paul craig signature body kick of doom i dont blame his performance

[@yebwulebdullah]

It's a shame honestly, I'm very disappointed. We should want people to be as good as they are hyped to be

[@TheJustmetitus]

To be clear ...bo sucks because Craig ain't shit ? Or he beat a top guy and sucks because it was not a ko or sub ?

[@ramonsalazar32]

guys don't mind him his software was uploading during the fight

[@Guaguadeath]

Good ol' low blow bo. Surprised he didn't pull one of those during this fight. Seeing as how much he boleaves in himself

[@anderschapman6459]

Bruh. The only thing Gordon had to work for was actually getting the fight to the ground, that fight was mostly Gordon trying to take him down to no avail until he let himself get suplexed and instantly triangled him.

[@shedshow1439]

4:51 . Arm bar. Triangle choke. those are 2 DIFFERENT SUBMISSIONS BUD

[@DrekcoReactions]

Bo Nickal vs Ikram Aliskerov

[@RoundOfApplauseChannel]

Ikram would win honestly

[@azadam1000]

That wil actually be a good test and match!

[@Littlebitz3211]

Bo ruined this card along side a couple other people

[@originaltruths2305]

this card was shit in the first place

[@realeyesrealizereallies6828]

I don't know, Bo waited too long to get into MMA, and now he is learning on main PPV cards in the UFC..He needs the most work on his stand up game, and Paul Craig was the perfect person to get that experience, Craig won't KO him..And Bo did get boo'd his last time out, for a boring wrestling match..Now he got boo'd for a boring stand up match.

[@estabear86]

That double overhand was dirty

[@kevinmurphy5878]

This fight was the first time Ive ever seen someone flick the overhand

[@mangalytical4539]

No teeth, printer paper posters, no crazy editing. Humbling and inspiring.

[@danjonmills]

Respect the grind. Sunk all his money into that fluffy, muppet looking microphone.

[@DMR_MAK]

6:34 But they ain’t wrasslin cuh, sitdown FolkStyle Che

[@oota4421]

Khamzat himself said Bo would probably beat him in a wrestling match. He followed it up by saying that he believes he (Khamzat) mixes it all up much better.

[@heresthethingyouguys]

🎵My name is Che they say I'm gay but I'm still slay 🎵

[@dylanmunro737]

The printed out pictures of du Bronx are killing me😂

[@blackzen014]

Bo was so worried about Paul's ground game he turned into an amateur spamming an overhand left 😂😂

[@whitketchum]

I think the issue is the fact the ufc will put him on the main card. Like 2 or 3 spots below the main event

[@steveqseventeen5192]

Boy was talking crazy calling that a flawless victory

[@galaxyvulture6649]

Bo really did it to himself bc he keeps gassing himself up when he fought nobodies. If he would learn to be humble and the ufc wouldn't keep acting like hes the next champ currently everyone would be fine with his performance. Saying he would submit whittaker faster, beat khamzat, embarrass ddp, and the fact everyone that's actually better than him sucks is delusional. He made paul craig look like petr yan.

[@Lenin2304]

my theory is that Bo was afraid to engage in the wrestling because of Craig's size. Craig is noticeably bigger than Bo's previous opponents in the UFC.

[@jaysonj9327]

The warning signs were there his prior time in the cage. The blame has to go to the UFC for putting him on a main PPV card. The kid is a Fight Night fighter. No shame in that. He's not a PPV fighter unless we're talking about the early prelims. The larger point is that we've already seen this kid before numerous times in various divisions in various promotions. Ed Ruth. Phil Davis. Ben Askren. Gregor Gillespie. Chael Sonnen. A few others too. NCAA wrestling doesn't really translate to the elite level of MMA. They max out as B-level fighters.

[@thisopinionwillexpire]

Not a fraud check, because his wrestling is where we think he’s great. And Bo didn’t even let it be challenged by Craig. Bo needs to go train boxing with someone like Topuria though. Topuria’s boxing evolution as a wrestler is borderline unheard of.

[@tarnsebastiandodd8970]

Bo’s been training striking for a couple of years but he looked less than amateur on the feet

[@RoundOfApplauseChannel]

He fraud checked himself bro. He proved he ain't elite like he claims to be. Khamzat would mop him

[@yns_bandz16]

Not saying its impossible for bo to learn as fast as ilia but keep in mind ilia has been doing mma since 2015 bo has only been doing mma since 2021 so of course ilia had a higher learning curve to pick up new things faster & ilia was very young when he started training mma bo is already approaching his prime years & trying to learn new things

[@thisopinionwillexpire]

@ true true good point

[@momo82041]

The problem is a lot of wrestlers fall in love with that overhand right/left and he landed it in his last fight so he might have the wrong idea. The issue is you either become DC or Hendo with the H bomb or you run into a good enough fighters that finish you and end your career. Best to play it safe and stick to wrestling with the overhand as a backup weapon like Tyron Woodly or Usman.

[@Eddie0102]

People saying he was scared of the bjj is the biggest indictment on his mindset about mma. Elite level wrestlers go after those guys on the ground to make a point of submitting them. Khamzat ragdolled Kevin holland who’s a black belt, Islam submitted Charles who’s likely the best bjj practitioner in mma. Bo saying hes that guy but not following through shows who he is

[@iiheartevangaming]

Yea it’s like bo knows ONE STRIKE😭he don’t know nun else

[@gcoffey223]

Bo vs Aliskerov If not, he can go back to prelims and fight more cans

[@hectorgonzalez3512]

This is MMA, not college wrestling

[@MMAChe.]

U23 World Champion wasn't college wrestling now. MMA, of course, is very different from an MMA fight, which is why I said Khamzat would win, but I just wanted to put into perspective Bo's accolades

[@hectorgonzalez3512]

@@MMAChe. U23 stands for under 23, so it is pretty much college wrestling.

[@bugsbunny7168]

Khamzat would absolutely rag doll bo nickal a wrestling match ,

[@lasse9553]

Was there ever really a Bo Nickal hype? yeah he's an interesting prospect, and he can improve, but i've never felt any sort of hype

[@Circa1664]

Even the couple of times when Bo's overhand landed flush on Craig's chin it didn't even stun him.

[@mikeiso8963]

5:11 Paul Craig adding Bo’s arm in his trophy case next to Jamal’s had bro shook…

[@mengkham]

Bo Nickal is a +1300 against Paul Craig. You can't defend a weak win when you are so much of a favorite!!!

[@earthwormjim3269]

Bo probably wanted to see if he could win the fight standing up, without relying on his wrestling. He already knows he can take guys down and submit them in the first round, but he's trying to develop as a fighter and become more well rounded.

[@AndreDonDodda-kr9lb]

To say he shouldn't work his striking in a real fight is crazy. The timing and intensity is not comparable. He just needs more fights and more different looks. Craig isn't a slouch.... he's not a killer. But he's beaten top contenders. He's also been embarrassed by other lesser opponents

[@cbeaudry4646]

Bo is too busy trying to be a fighter, & not being a wrestler. Take some of the best mma-wrestlers -GSP, Khabib, Jon Jones, etc..-all of them would have attempted a takedown against Craig. He needs to spend more time training MMA-Wrestling & he'll be one of the best who's ever done it. Jared Cannonier would be good for his next fight btw

[@cbeaudry4646]

3:35 i get if he was like "I'm gonna strike & keep it on the right for the 1st round [or even the 1st 2] but then I'm gonna take him down & end it" 3 rounds, at MSG, on the maincard, in front of the President-Elect (who said he was mainly there to see you) & the richest man in the world, is NOT! the place to "test your striking"

[@cbeaudry4646]

6:54 Brundage (D2 wrestler) could schuck Bo, mauled or not Bo could definitely create some scrambles & shut-down some takedowns against Khamzat even today

[@ILYxIW]

He spammed the same strike so many times that I thought I was about to hit a counter shot on him. Maybe he’s playing 4D chess and wants to trick people into taking fights with him because they think he’s bad.

[@MCRiddle859]

Nice hands. Good video, you just popped up on my sh*t. You kind of start getting straight to the point, and that's important. Keep up the good work.

[@kevinmurphy5878]

In all seriousness I think Bo just has no accuracy. He kind of knows when to throw the punch, he moves okay. I think with more training, one day hes gonna start landing those spam overhands and things are gonna change real quick.

[@brycehouse3544]

While yes he was looking for a knockout, I don’t think thats why he kept it on the feet. I truly believe he just didn’t feel any resistance from Craig in the striking and took this as an opportunity to develop his game. You can say he should do that in the training room, but I don’t think that can ever truly compare to executing something under the bright lights. The confidence you get from successfully doing something in a live environment can’t be replicated. And while yes, the overhand was the most evident tactic, I actually think theres a lot of good things being overlooked in this performance. His confidence and competency throwing kicks is night and day from his first fight. He went from falling on his ass from throwing a head kick to successfully implementing a solid leg kick heavy approach with some nice body kicks sprinkled in. His distance management and foot work looked good. He showed some nice head movement moving in and out of the pocket at times. He stayed defensively responsible. Many think he should have pressed for the KO when he had Craig rocked, and while yes that would have been nice, I think he showed some nice IQ by showing restraint and not rushing in and risking giving Craig a chance to catch him. Would it have been nice to see Bo throw with more volume, intensity, and variety? Yes. But I think we have to look at Bo and think about where he started, given that, I think we saw a lot of improvement. I also think we have to take into account the opponent he was facing, going against a taller longer guy who is staying on his bike and not engaging is a challenging opponent to close the gap on. For his experience level, if you’re going to keep it standing, I honestly think he had the right idea. I also think people are kind of deluding themselves about how far ahead Khamzat is in the striking. I think if he went against Paul Craig with a pure striking approach like Bo, I think he would get the KO from being a much more aggressive fighter, but I also think he would have taken on much more damage than Bo did as he is less calculated and defensively responsible. You’re right this was a bad PR moment for Bo, but just from a perspective of what he showed he can do as a fighter, I was happy with this performance from him

[@camdenwong1574]

I thought Bo made some nice striking adjustments since he couldn’t get Craig’s hands to drop from a takedown threat he ripped the body a couple times before coming back over top

[@Fury851]

He needs to fight more often! One fight a year is ridiculous at this stage of his career. He should be fighting 8 times a year

[@rickym18]

6:00 nobody’s arguing that

[@nades1858]

MMA Che glazing over Bo. He's getting exposed in a couple of fights.

[@blackzen014]

I dont wanna hear Bo speaking about Khamzat again😂😂😂

[@thanosmenace2952]

It doesn't matter if he would beat khamzat in wrestling In MMA he loses even knocked out

[@ryanrogers8211]

Why didn’t Bo go for his wrestling which is clearly his strength.

[@SomeoneElse-]

I think it says something about his fight IQ that he really thought going for a knockout while seemingly knowing only one strike is a good idea. Not to mention continuing to try it even after it has not worked multiple times already. Maybe he was just overconfident, believing he could just mess around and simply fall back to wrestling if shit hit the fan. Whatever it was, it's a really bad look for him. I'm sure he'll get much better though, this is just the beginning of his career.