Bo Nickal isn’t above cracking a joke at his personal expense.
The blue-chip middleweight prospect suffered his first loss this previous Could when he misplaced by knockout to the extra skilled Reinier de Ridder at UFC Des Moines. Critics had been fast to leap on Nickal’s misfortune, with PFL star Sergio Pettis going so far as to say the three-time NCAA wrestling champion “needed this humble pie.”
Although Nickal initially had a volatile reaction to his haters, it seems he’s moved on. Nickal launched a prank video alongside comic Redd Miller (higher often called “ImReddTv”) by which he pretended to KO Miller with a knee to the physique, the identical strike de Ridder utilized to finish their combat.
Watch the video beneath.
Within the temporary clip, Miller is seen mocking Nickal’s means to take a knee whereas the fighter grapples with PFL middleweight champion Johnny Eblen. The taunts immediate Nickal to instantly put Miller’s toughness to the check. The comic sells the strike like a shotgun blast, nevertheless it’s apparent the incident is staged.
If there was any doubt, Miller wrote within the accompanying caption, “Did you guys hear that crack? Bo Nickal obtained actually mad nevertheless it was only a prank.”
Nickal has loads of time to horse round as he awaits his subsequent reserving. The 29-year-old received his first seven professional bouts (together with a 4-0 begin within the UFC) earlier than the loss to de Ridder and now seeks to bounce-back from his first MMA setback.
