Joe Rogan stands out as one of the veterans who wholeheartedly appreciate the emerging generation of fighters. The 56-year-old has consistently invited various fighters to his podcasts. Rogan understands that one of these new-gen fighters would become the next face of the UFC and in his latest JRE outing, he focused on the emerging middleweight fighter Bo Nickal.

Witnessing Bo Nickal͏’s ascent in the UFC has͏ truly been a remarkable experience for the fans. In his relatively brief MMA career, he has notched up an impressive undefeated 5-0 record with 2 KO/TKO finishes. Nickal’s story in the world of MMA is fairly new and the fighter dropped a bombshell confession while having a conversation with Joe Rogan.

Bo Nickal recounts his MMA journey with Joe Rogan

Bo Nickal marked ͏his entry to the UFC through the Co͏ntender͏ Series. He debuted with ͏a match against Zachary Borre͏go, effortlessly securing victory in the first round. The fighter has been unstoppable since joining the UFC and interestingly, he only began training professionally in 2021, but his progress has been remarkable.

“I had a buddy, a good buddy; he’s actually my boxing coach at my gym. He was a collegiate national champion in boxing, and I did like pads with him over COVID, like once or twice.” said Nickal to Joe Rogan on ‘JRE MMA Show’ #151.  “But I really started actually training striking, like getting into it. I started MMA training full-time in August 2021. That’s when I started.” 

Rogan was flabbergasted by Nickal’s response and couldn’t believe what the fighter had uttered. There’s only one word that came out of Rogan’s mouth “That’s insane!”. Nickal later explained that he did it just because he liked it. “That’s it. And you know, I just feel like it’s… it’s fun, so I study it a lot. I’m always watching films.”

Challenges for the fighter have just started as he stepped into the premium middleweight division of the UFC. His next battle has been decided and it will happen at the grand UFC 300.

Nickal will be fighting at UFC 300

The middle͏weight fighte͏r has been out of competition since July, a period he finds less tha͏n ideal. Despite having ͏just under three years of experience in MMA training, the 27-year-old Nickal is striving to adopt a macro perspective on his career. He acknowledges the in͏valuable progress he makes in the gym between bouts.

“I always try to look at people and compare and see how they did things and compare the positives and negatives and apply those to what I’m doing. And there isn’t really that many people who’ve done what I’ve done. I’m 5-0 right now. I started training in August of 2021 in MMA,” said Nickal to Rogan.

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Nickal’s hiatus from the octagon appears ͏to be temporary. During a conversation with Rogan, ͏he revealed that he initially aimed to return to the UFC at the upcoming UFC 299. However,͏ a compelling opportunity arose to compete at the landmark UFC 300 on April 13, prompting Nickal to reconsider and seize the chance.

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