UFC Fight Night results, highlights: Reinier de Ridder shuts down top prospect Bo Nickal with crushing knee

On Sunday night, Dutch MMA fighter Reinier de Ridder also won his third match at the highest MMA level. Now he challenges the number three of his weight class.

Bo Nickal Suffers 1st-Ever Loss with Stunning Reinier de Ridder KO at UFC Fight Night

UFC Fight Night results, highlights: Reinier de Ridder shuts down top prospect Bo Nickal with crushing knee

De Ridder stopped Nickal, and the expectations around a rising contender many considered a future UFC champion

Reinier de Ridder Makes His Case for Title Eliminator Fight Next

The UFC has a new middleweight title contender. After a dominant showing in the co-main event of UFC Des Moines, No. 13-ranked Reinier de Ridder dismantled the highly touted All-American wrestler Bo Nickal. De Ridder is quickly establishing himself as a force in the division. He has improved to 3-0 in the UFC—all by way […] The post Reinier de Ridder Makes His Case for Title Eliminator Fight Next appeared first on THE SCRAP.

Bo Nickal Loses To Reinier De Ridder By Technical Knockout To Snap Undefeated Record

Penn State wrestling legend and three-time NCAA national champion Bo Nickal was defeated for the first time in his UFC career to an accomplished grappler and deceptive striker in Reinier de Ridder by way of technical knockout, bringing his record to 7-1 in the UFC. Nickal saw his first action of the year at UFC Fight Night on Saturday, May 3, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. The Nittany Lion was coming off the heels of a unanimous decis…

Reinier de Ridder never feared Bo Nickal: ‘My jiu-jitsu, my judo, my wrestling is so good, I can hang with anybody’

Reinier de Ridder picked up a statement win over previously undefeated prospect Bo Nickal and the former two-division ONE Champion says he never feared any exchange in the fight even if that meant matching his wrestling against a three-time National Champion.