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[pish69]

Bo’s up now!! Let’s go!

 

[Sportfan2017]

After round one Bo outstruck 16-15. Close round
Round Two: Bo out-strikes 21-16. No takedowns.....no control. Bo is connecting on over 50% of his punches. His opponent is connecting on less than 33%. Still close
Round three: Fight ends: Bo with 50/88 strikes. Craig with 42/147 strikes. No takedown, control or submission attempts. Judges decision coming
BO WINS 30-27 on all cards. Strike breakdown: RD. 1: 16-15 Craig. Rd. 2: 21-16 Bo. Rd. 3: 13-11 Bo. Pretty close fight by the numbers.

 

[hlstone]

After round one Bo outstruck 16-15. Close round

Thanks keep the updates coming. We are driving back from the meet

 

[Chickenman Testa]

Some MMA fans desperately want him to lose - they hate wrestlers

 

[SlipperyPete12]

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[pish69]

Boring fight. Bo really didn’t do anything. Fans weren’t happy. Yelling “overrated”

He probably won but not convincing. Didn’t try a takedown attempt once.

 

[pish69]

Bo wins 30-27.

 

[kadeeu]

Hard to believe Bo was afraid to wrestle, but he was. Not a title contender with that type of effort.

 

[pish69]

He still has a long way to go. I won’t doubt him though. I just feel he’s still trying to figure out what kind of fighter he wants to be

 

[WEAREPSU_LI]

He is not ready for the big, big time. Khamzat would run right through him.

 

[CSauertiegPSU]

Hard to believe Bo was afraid to wrestle, but he was. Not a title contender with that type of effort.

“Afraid to wrestle” isn’t exactly an accurate description. More didn’t want to grapple. He had the better of Craig on his feet. Probably could’ve taken more risk and landed more, but the fight really wasn’t super close.

But yes, the guy with 7 career fights is not ready to compete for a title. He’s pretty much said as much in every interview he’s had.

 

[zzs006]

Craig is incredible off his back and his striking isn’t great. This was a smart but boring fight from Bo. Get more striking experience and octagon time against an opponent who really can only hurt you with submissions. He didn’t make any fans with that fight though

 

[Sportfan2017]

Bo stepped up his competition a lot this fight. Craig is no bum. But he is also not an elite fighter. Bo apparently feared his Jiu-jitsu enough to not try a takedown. A boxing match between a wrestler and Jiu-Jitsu specialist turned out to be boring. Shocking. Bo has a lot to learn still. Undefeated is still good

 

[apoharrow]

A lot of fans in attendance who are not MMA fans. They wanted to see blood or 2 guys just swinging at each other. Experts in MMA praised Bo for not letting anyone get in his head and never putting himself in danger. Very smart fight by Bo. The crowd should have been booing Graig he was behind and never really tried to win the fight. The expectations for Bo to just destroy people is the problem. It’s not realistic. He has still never lost a round in the UFC.

 

[NittanyLion84]

Bo Nickal Wants UFC to Come to Penn State

 

[tikk10]

I didn't get a screen grab but perhaps it'll emerge somewhere--Bo Nickal was on the big screen tonight at MSG to help hype the UFC card during the Rangers Winnipeg Jets game, wearing a Rangers jersey. The on-screen graphic erroneously stated that it was Nickal's MSG debut.

From this post on Instagram.

 

[PD4thespawn]

Wrt Bo, Dana wasn't particularly happy with the fight. Bo played it smart. Work on his stand-up. Dana likes his fans to hate or love. He'll be getting a much better boxer next time. Could be a career decider.

 

[NittanyLion84]

Inside the Mind of a Fighter, with Bo Nickal