Bo Nickal has blasted Colby Covington for the latter’s most up-to-date remarks on the RAF 05 presser. For context, this previous weekend, Covington and former UFC middleweight kingpin Luke Rockhold headlined Actual American Freestyle’s fifth occasion.
Earlier than the occasion, on the press convention, Covington and Rockhold turned their focus off one another and tore into Bo Nickal. Nickal was scheduled to wrestle Yoel Romero, however the bout was scrapped within the closing moments as Romero missed weight.
On the presser, Covington took digs at Nickal, referring to the latter’s sole loss in MMA final yr to Reinier de Ridder. ‘Chaos,’ stated:
“You’re a bum. You bought damaged by a Dutch kickboxer.”
In the meantime, Rockhold questioned Nickal’s accomplishments, including:
“What have you ever completed on a world stage? Completely nothing. You’re a university bum. Shut up.”
Take a look at the feedback beneath:
Bo Nickal just lately appeared on The Ariel Helwani Present and mentioned how Covington and Rockhold crossed the road this previous weekend. Nickal stated he wasn’t shocked by Covington’s feedback, noting that the latter thrives on enjoying the heel. Nonetheless, he criticized each Rockhold and ‘Chaos’ for dealing with the scenario in an unprofessional method. The 30-year-old additionally pushed again towards Covington’s claims that he’s there to avoid wasting wrestling:
“I wasn’t tremendous shocked they went after me on the press convention, however the way in which they dealt with it was a bit bit unprofessional… The best way they carry themselves and deal with themselves is fairly low-class. It’s disrespectful to the game. A whole lot of the stuff they have been saying was tremendous pointless, unwarranted, and blatantly not true. They’re speaking about, ‘We’re placing wrestling again on the map.’ Shut up, dude. You guys have been begging to come back on the RAF card since you need to keep related.”
He added:
“Colby was speaking about how no one cares about wrestling, no one desires to observe it, the one cause anyone’s watching is due to him. That’s blatant disrespectful to the group, to each single world‑class man that was there. Luke was tremendous inappropriate, making a whole lot of bizarre se*ual innuendos. Anyone who heard it was like, ‘What’s unsuitable with this man? That is so low‑class.’… On the finish of the day, I believe that man’s [Colby] a bum, he’s an fool. I’d like to get in a cage with him, and for me that battle can be private.”
Take a look at Bo Nickal’s feedback beneath (7:43):
Bo Nickal desires to battle Colby Covington on June 14
After a dominant win over Luke Rockhold at RAF05, Colby Covington now desires to snap his two-fight shedding skid within the UFC. Covington has teased a transfer as much as middleweight and confirmed curiosity in combating Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland.
Within the meantime, Nickal has known as him out for a showdown on June 14, when the promotion heads to the South Garden of the White Home. He wrote on X:
“I’d like to battle Colby, however I severely doubt he would battle me. We weigh the identical, so let’s do it on the White Home @danawhite @Mickmaynard2 @ufc”
Take a look at Bo Nickal’s feedback beneath:
