Khamzat Chimaev is on the quick monitor 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 the use of knockout or submission — 5 inside the first body. The previous NCAA Division-1 Nationwide Champion out of Penn State returns to motion towards Paul Craig at UFC 309 subsequent month in New York Metropolis.
However he’s nonetheless a great distance from preventing the mighty Chimaev.
“Why is it they didn’t decide him? I don’t know, as a result of they suppose the man is just too early for him, too younger,” Chimaev instructed Nina-Marie Daniels. “I don’t understand how previous he’s, however in MMA, it means like your age is just not like … ready to combat. This man is just too younger for the game, he has to develop up. If we combat now, I’m gonna smash that man straightforward, first spherical. Possibly later, after I’m older, he’ll give me more durable combat, however for certain I’m gonna win that point as nicely.”
Nickal agrees they’re not on the identical stage — however for various causes.
Nickal is 2 years youthful than Chimaev at 28 and has but to crack the High 15 at 185 kilos. That’s unlikely to vary no matter how nicely he performs at UFC 309 since Craig is unranked — however a decisive victory may lastly rating Nickal the large title he’s been looking for in early 2025.
Till then, there’s no purpose to hurry issues.
