A blazing-hot Ultimate Fighting Championship prospect is
going to want to chill issues all the way down to heal up.
In line with
MMA Junkie on Friday, Bo Nickal
(3-0) will now not be competing at
UFC 282 on Dec. 10. His middleweight match towards Jamie
Pickett (12-8) has been nixed from the occasion because of an harm
Nickal suffered throughout coaching. It’s unclear right now if
Pickett will probably be rebooked towards a brand new opponent, or if the matchup
will probably be preserved. The group is contemplating March 4 for
Nickal’s return, which is rumored to be the pay-per-view providing
of UFC 285. The combat scratch has since been confirmed by
other outlets.
Nickal, oft-discussed as one of many biggest collegiate wrestlers
ever, surged into MMA in 2021 with a pair of speedy finishes on the
beginner circuit. The Colorado-born Nickal then debuted as professional in
June 2022 on iKon Preventing Championship 3, the place he decimated
John
Noland in 33 seconds. The 26-year-old, with one professional win below
his belt, joined the 2022 season of Dana White’s Contender Series, and he ran
roughshod over Zachary
Borrego in 62 seconds to get one other shot on DWCS almost two
months later. A 52-second triangle choke of Donovan
Beard punched his ticket to the promotion, with solely 2:07 of
mixed skilled MMA expertise below his belt.
Whereas Nickal has surged, Pickett has struggled as of late, dropping
his final two this yr by stoppage to Kyle
Daukaus and Denis
Tiuliulin. “The Nightwolf” additionally made his technique to the UFC from a
Contender Collection victory, though it took him three tries to get
there – Pickett fell quick to Charles
Byrd on the very first DWCS episode, after which returned on the
first episode of Season 3 to lose to Punahele
Soriano as nicely. A knockout of Jhonoven
Pati proved sufficient to earn a contract, though he has amassed
simply two wins contained in the Octagon over Laureano
Staropoli and Joseph
Holmes reverse 4 defeats.
UFC 282 will keep it up on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas on Dec.
10, with a lightweight heavyweight championship headliner and rematch in
tow between Jiri
Prochazka and Glover
Teixeira. The rest of the lineup has not but been made
official, however anticipated principal card tilts embrace a heavyweight rumble
between Chris
Daukaus and Jairzinho
Rozenstruik, a 205-pound affair pitting former champ Jan
Blachowicz towards rising expertise Magomed
Ankalaev, and pairing of Darren Till
vs. Dricus Du
Plessis at middleweight.
