Bo Nickal tasted his first professional defeat in MMA, courtesy of Reinier de Ridder.

Before outpointing Whittaker at UFC Abu Dhabi, De Ridder earned a shocking victory over the previously unbeaten Bo Nickal at UFC Des Moines. De Ridder knocked out Nickal and handed the former NCAA ...

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🚨| Bo Nickal has signed with @RAFWrestlingUSA. 🤼 ️ The promotion is run by Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff. Nickal will be competing in Wrestling matches alongside his UFC career.

Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that Nickal is set to compete at the inaugural Real American Freestyle event on Aug. 30 at Wolstein Center in Cleveland. Nickal faces Jacob Cardenas.

RAF is the unscripted freestyle wrestling promotion led by WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan and former WCW Executive Producer Eric Bischoff (more on that here). “We set out to make history with Real ...

Bo Nickal recently expressed his amazement after two high schoolers earned spots on Team USA for the upcoming World Wrestling Championships.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Bo Nickal caught a stray during UFC 316 media day. Despite not being on the card, Nickal's name surfaced unprompted by fellow UFC middleweight Joe Pyfer, who fights Kelvin ...

UFC Fight Night will take place in Abu Dhabi, featuring Robert Whittaker and Reinier De Ridder in a headline middleweight ...

Bo Nickal wrestled at Penn State from 2014-2019 under Sanderson, and was prolific from his redshirt season, where he wrestled unattached at 174lbs and went 15-2 in open tournaments that season.