Bo Nickal vs RDR

[pokemonster]

Bo was a heavy favorite, looks like he lost. Lots of people claiming fraud check confirmed. Discuss. 

Edited 16 hours ago by pokemonster

[okokzach]

[Tripnsweep]

He learned that MMA isn't wrestling. Guys don't care about how great of a wrestler you are. Because wrestling in MMA is very different. 

[The Kid]

3 hours ago, Tripnsweep said:

He learned that MMA isn't wrestling. Guys don't care about how great of a wrestler you are. Because wrestling in MMA is very different. 

Maybe he can go back to bring the best 86kg wrestler in the world now....lol

[headshuck]

This interview 3 days ago suggests a lot of Iowa guys were training with de Ritter?

[1032004]

Did he have wrestling experience?  I’ve seen comments claiming Bo got outwrestled which would seem crazy

[cowcards]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

Did he have wrestling experience?  I’ve seen comments claiming Bo got outwrestled which would seem crazy

He didn't get out-wrestled. But there was very little wrestling. Bo got the only TD. RdR tried some upper body stuff that Bo stopped easily.

He did get reversed and spent more time on bottom though. I'm not a MMA person, but I don't know that I would attribute that to wrestling. 

Can't say I've seen someone go down that "easily" before at that level. 

[pokemonster]

8 hours ago, Tripnsweep said:

He learned that MMA isn't wrestling. Guys don't care about how great of a wrestler you are. Because wrestling in MMA is very different. 

Seems like RDR's threat of submissions pretty much neutralized his wrestling. And tbh, Bo looked exhausted in the second round. Throwing sloppy punches and grimacing after hits. Many people are claiming his weight cut was too much (Bo posted on his Instagram that he cut from 226, which was obviously fake and a joke) yet he looked pretty small compared to RDR. 

I was a bit torn watching, didn't get to see much out of Bo unfortunately. But Bo talks so much crap and acts so arrogant, he kinda had this coming. There's a reason why so many fans are rejoicing. So much for taking out Khamzat. 

[pokemonster]

2 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Did he have wrestling experience?  I’ve seen comments claiming Bo got outwrestled which would seem crazy

Guy was a BJJ black belt I believe. Bo took him down but he did not seem to have an advantage against this guy in the clinch or on the ground. So, once he gets a TD, not sure there's much he can exploit. 

[1032004]

Just now, pokemonster said:

Seems like RDR's threat of submissions pretty much neutralized his wrestling. And tbh, Bo looked exhausted in the second round. Throwing sloppy punches and grimacing after hits. Many people are claiming his weight cut was too much (Bo posted on his Instagram that he cut from 226, which was obviously fake and a joke) yet he looked pretty small compared to RDR. 

I was a bit torn watching, didn't get to see much out of Bo unfortunately. But Bo talks so much crap and acts so arrogant, he kinda had this coming. There's a reason why so many fans are rejoicing. So much for taking out Khamzat. 

This was at the same weight Bo has been fighting at, right?  It did seem like it could have been a tough cut but I don’t recall that being an issue before

[pokemonster]

4 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

This was at the same weight Bo has been fighting at, right?  It did seem like it could have been a tough cut but I don’t recall that being an issue before

Yep, pretty sure. I came out of that fight thinking he needs to drop a weight. 

[pokemonster]

Surprisingly found the full fight, worth the watch: 

 

[Caveira]

Bo looked like his podcast sound last night.  

[Caveira]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

This was at the same weight Bo has been fighting at, right?  It did seem like it could have been a tough cut but I don’t recall that being an issue before

The cut was fake/troll job.   He’s smaller than the last 3-4 opponents.   He also had several days to recover.  

[pokemonster]

7 minutes ago, Caveira said:

The cut was fake/troll job.   He’s smaller than the last 3-4 opponents.   He also had several days to recover.  

It was an obvious troll yet everyone is using it as an excuse for why he lost. If he cut 37 lbs, then what the hell did ridder cut? Cuz he was way bigger.