Bo Nickal
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Sep 13, 2026
Jed MeshewHOST
Why...
Jed MeshewHOST
He is not getting, like, a Bo Nickal, "I'm gonna slow roll." He has fought, in two years he's fought 13 times, right? Like, he is super active, which I think is the best thing for him right now.
Jed MeshewHOST
But again, he's 33 years old, and he doesn't have, like, high-level experience.
Jed MeshewHOST
He hasn't beaten that many good people.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[audience applauding] You saw the two great fighters.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I was so honored to have them, world champions, and I watched them for a little while, and I was gonna ask Bo Nickal hasn't been defeated in years, and Justin Gaethje, who is unbelievable.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You saw that fight at the White House.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was the most violent fight.
Mike HeckHOST
If you're the UFC.
Jed MeshewGUEST
Uh, um, [lip smack] you do Bo Nickal.
Mike HeckHOST
Yeah.
Jed MeshewGUEST
Like, that's...
Jed MeshewGUEST
You can sell yourself a lie that Izzy can win that fight, because he is a good defensive wrestler and Bo is still a very nascent striker.
Jed MeshewGUEST
But, like, yeah, if you are the UFC, you're just...
Jed MeshewGUEST
You're gonna give him Bo Nickal, and then he's gonna have lost six in a row or five in a row, whatever it is.
Jed MeshewGUEST
Whereas, like, Izzy's pro...
Jed MeshewHOST
It, it's just no appeal to me whatsoever.
Mike HeckHOST
RS40, "Thoughts on what's, what's next for Fluffy? I think he should try to get the Bo Nickal fight.
Mike HeckHOST
That might be a fight that could put him right on, right in the mix again.
Mike HeckHOST
Losing back to back really hurts his title chances."
Jed MeshewHOST
I think that fight is probably very bad for him, but it's a high-risk, high-reward fight.
Jed MeshewHOST
You lose three in a row, that's tough.
Jed MeshewHOST
You beat Bo Nickal, you're right back in the mix.
Mike HeckHOST
Uh, so Dark Side of the Cage is coming back, uh, on Vice, Jed.
GozeHOST
I don't care who you are, what your credentials are, this is just not that sport.
GozeHOST
You know, you'll see a, a Bo Nickal, a Gable Steveson with these incredible odds.
GozeHOST
Yeah, they've done impressive things outside of our sport, and that's a big component of our sport, but it's not the sport.
GozeHOST
You know? You, you can have...
Chael SonnenHOST
I mean, I felt like it was the main event.
Chael SonnenHOST
For me, it was the main event, and it was Bo Nickal versus Max McAnally.
Chael SonnenHOST
The reason that match is so big is McAnally is the reigning, the current NCAA champion.
Chael SonnenHOST
Bo Nickal is the former three-time NCAA champion.
Chael SonnenHOST
Bo Nickal is also a surrogate coach to Penn State, if you will.
Chael SonnenHOST
He does his own training, his own preparation in that room, but he does mentor a number of guys.
Chael SonnenHOST
If a coach of one program loses to an athlete with eligibility of another program, particularly interconference, it's awkward.
Chael SonnenHOST
It's weird.
Willie SaylorHOST
Even the quality shots that, um, Wick would put together, especially those, um, go-behinds, Wick was, Wick was ready for them and, um, you know, 11-1 tech fall, uh, Jason Nolf, your new champ with Dean Hamiti on the shelf.
Willie SaylorHOST
Uh, McAnelly 3-2 over Bo Nickal.
Willie SaylorHOST
I, I thought, you know, I thought Bo and Gable kinda like they weren't offensive enough for me.
Willie SaylorHOST
I, yeah, I would've liked to see more offense out of Bo.
Matt BrownGUEST
You know, even if they were great wrestlers back in the day.
Matt BrownGUEST
Like we were just talking about that before we aired, right? Like Bo Nickal going against McInelly, and look, McInelly's in his prime.
Matt BrownGUEST
Like Bo Nickal's old.
Matt BrownGUEST
For one, for wrestling, he's old.
Matt BrownGUEST
For two, he's not, he's not wrestling every single day.
Damon MartinHOST
It's, like I said, it's just fun for me because I love wrestling, and it is fun to see some of these guys.
Damon MartinHOST
But you're absolutely right.
Damon MartinHOST
Like, you know, Bo Nickal losing to...
Ariel HelwaniHOST
She's going up against Alex Apodaca, and I do believe, according to our good friends over at Kalshi, uh, everyone's quite high on Bellamire.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
And it feels as though, given the relationship with Dana White, the history between Frank Mir and Dana White, that this is one of those where it's not necessarily like, oh, she's already been signed, a la Bo Nickal, but it feels as though, like, a win gets her in, and it feels as though the UFC is very much behind her, and it feels as though the UFC has been behind her for quite some time.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
Um, the NIL stuff, uh, the UFC BJJ stuff, uh, it was a natural that she would eventually come on over and get this opportunity.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
Had a great, uh, amateur wrestling career as well.
Brendan SchaubHOST
They're getting tasty.
Brendan SchaubHOST
Curtis, "Uh, hey, B, did you see Bo Nickal lose in RAF?" Yeah, yeah.
Brendan SchaubHOST
Uh, you gotta know what you're looking at when you look at Bo Nickal and people hating on him.
Brendan SchaubHOST
Like, that's, that's nothing to be like, "Oh, he's washed." Oh, 'cause he compete against a 21-year-old who all he does is freestyle wrestle, and he still...
Brendan SchaubHOST
What'd he lose, three to two? Are you out of your mind? You think that makes him washed? The Cleaner, "Any prediction on what the UFC does with, uh, 332 main event? Maybe an interim light heavyweight title fight, Jiri versus Costa?" Does Jiri deserve a shot at the belt, an interim belt, after getting knocked out by a one-legged Olberg? Like, I, I...
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Brendan SchaubHOST
Hope she shows out." Yep.
Brendan SchaubHOST
She set a lot of ex- expectations on herself.
Brendan SchaubHOST
Similar to Bo Nickal, and it c- it can kind of turn people off, but I feel like she's, she's the truth.
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