Final night time former Penn State wrestling three-time nationwide champion Bo Nickal made the transition to skilled combined martial arts easy when scoring a highlight-reel knockout over John Noland.
Nickal entered the bout at Jorge Masvidal’s iKON FC 3 occasion with a ton of hype behind him, and he furthered his inventory together with his thirty-second debut victory.
From the opening bell, it appeared prefer it was going to be Nickal’s night time. The wrestler threw a number of kicks and looked for his goal. Nonetheless, it was a left from Nickel that stopped Noland in his tracks. Noland, who was shocked, and returned to his toes was met with a superbly timed uppercut adopted by a straight left and a crisp proper earlier than dropping to the canvas once more, which resulted on the finish of the competition.
Watch Bo Nickal Flatten John Noland at iKON FC 3
Bo Nickal made it clear in his post-fight interview that he wasn’t competing in MMA to make up numbers and had his eyes set on the perfect fighters and promotions on the earth.
“Each single middleweight on the planet, I don’t care what group you’re in, UFC, Bellator, PFL – doesn’t matter, I’m coming for all y’all,” Nickal stated post-fight.
“I’m making an attempt to carry it down for all my wrestlers on the market,” Nickal continued. “I really like y’all, and wrestling’s taking on for positive.”
Nickal, 26, has the backing of UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal, who first laid eyes on him again in 2014 and was all the time hopeful Nickal would make the transition from wrestling to MMA. Now it’s right here, Masvidal has excessive expectations.
“I’m placing a number of weight on him, however he’s form of like the brand new way forward for MMA, in a method,” Masvidal stated. “He’s received a terrific wrestling background, he can’t get held down by no one, and he grew up watching MMA and desirous to do it. He’s already accustomed to placing, he’s not overseas to placing like we noticed in his final battle.”
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