Bo Nickal added to UFC 309 struggle card in New York
UFC 309 is shaping as much as be a really thrilling evening of fights with the Final Preventing Championship having simply added a compelling middleweight affair to the lineup.
The occasion is to go down on November 16, 2024, reside from Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
Along with a closely rumored heavyweight title conflict between present champion Jon Jones and former two-time champion Stipe Miocic, the UFC brass simply booked a middleweight encounter between freestyle wrestling stud Bo Nickal (6-0) and BJJ ace Paul Craig (17-8-1).
Nickal has gone an ideal 3-0 up to now into his octagon tenure, defeating the likes of Jamie Pickett (arm-triangle choke), Val Woodburn (KO), and Cody Brundage (rear bare choke), whereas Craig is the one man to ever defeat no. 2 ranked light-heavyweight contender Magomed Ankalaev (triangle choke). Craig was additionally the one man to defeat no. 3 ranked former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill (triangle armbar) till Alex Pereira grew to become the second to take action earlier this yr at UFC 300.
Craig’s different notable octagon victories come over the likes of Henrique da Silva (armbar), Kennedy Nzechukwu (triangle choke), Vinicius Moreira (rear bare choke), Gadzhimurad Antigulov (triangle choke), Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua (TKO), no. 7 ranked light-heavyweight contender Nikita Krylov (triangle choke), and Andre Muniz (TKO).
Craig additionally went 3-0 as an beginner earlier than turning skilled, choosing up three submission victories, an armbar, a triangle choke, and a guillotine choke, whereas Nickal went 2-0 as an beginner, choosing up one every a guillotine choke submission and a KO, all 5 mixed beginner wins coming within the opening spherical.
What’s extra, of their mixed 37 fights, beginner {and professional}, 35 led to a end with simply two going the space.
We don’t see many abilities with higher grappling than Paul Craig, and we don’t see any with higher wrestling than Bo Nickal. What a deal with we’ve on this one coming to us this fall. Who wins this middleweight match up taking place at UFC 309?
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