Bo Nickal is able to rebound from his first loss contained in the Octagon.
After falling quick towards Reinier de Ridder in Could, the previous Nittany Lion will look to get again into the win column when he meets middleweight standout Rodoflo Vieira at UFC 322 on Saturday, November 15. ESPN’s Higor Ciconello was the primary to report the matchup.
Nickal earned his UFC contract in 2022 after bagging back-to-back first-round finishes on Dana White’s Contender Collection. Since then, he’s added 4 extra wins to his resume, however the three-time NCAA Division I nationwide champion bit off a bit greater than he might chew towards former two-division ONE world titleholder Reinier de Ridder.
‘RDR’ put Nickal away within the second spherical of their UFC Des Moines co-main occasion after catching the world-class wrestler with a nasty knee to the midsection.
Bo Nickal faces one other powerful take a look at
Some assumed that after struggling his first profession loss in MMA, the UFC would give Nickal a straightforward bounce-back alternative. Because it seems, that’s not the case.
A five-time BJJ world champion, Vieira might show to be one other powerful outing for Nickal. ‘The Black Belt Hunter’ is 3-1 in his final 4 fights beneath the UFC banner, together with a hard-fought victory over Tresean Gore in August. Earlier than that, Vieira banked matching arm triangle choke submissions towards Cody Brundage and Armen Petrosyan.
General, Vieira is 6-3 contained in the Octagon and boasts a powerful 83% end charge, all by means of submission.
