Khamzat Chimaev is on the quick observe to the middleweight title.
As for Bo Nickal … he’s nonetheless being dealt with with care, regardless of a 6-0 document with all six wins ending by means of knockout or submission — 5 throughout the first body. The previous NCAA Division-1 Nationwide Champion out of Penn State returns to motion in opposition to Paul Craig at UFC 309 subsequent month in New York Metropolis.
However he’s nonetheless a great distance from combating the mighty Chimaev.
“Why is it they didn’t choose him? I don’t know, as a result of they suppose the man is simply too early for him, too younger,” Chimaev informed Nina-Marie Daniels. “I don’t know the way outdated he’s, however in MMA, it means like your age isn’t like … ready to combat. This man is simply too younger for the game, he has to develop up. If we combat now, I’m gonna smash that man straightforward, first spherical. Perhaps later, after I’m older, he’ll give me harder combat, however for positive I’m gonna win that point as properly.”
Nickal agrees they’re not on the identical degree — however for various causes.
Nickal is 2 years youthful than Chimaev at 28 and has but to crack the Prime 15 at 185 kilos. That’s unlikely to alter no matter how properly he performs at UFC 309 since Craig is unranked — however a decisive victory may lastly rating Nickal the massive title he’s been trying to find in early 2025.
Till then, there’s no motive to hurry issues.
