Jorge Masvidal has been a mainstay in the mixed-martial arts domain for nearly two decades. Throughout his illustrious career, the 38-year-old UFC fighter has faced a plethora of fearsome foes. Despite having witnessed so much in the MMA world, Masvidal still finds himself at unease around a 27-year-old UFC prospect, Bo Nickal. The former Penn State wrestler made his MMA debut with Masvidal’s promotion and recently aced through his UFC debut with a rather controversial victory at UFC 285.

Masvidal himself, a substantially experienced fighter and over a decade older than Nickal, is not willing to train with him much, owing to the fact how good Nickal is. The 38-year-old Miami-native recently mentioned this to Joe Rogan during his appearance on the podcast and revealed why it is a ‘problem’ to train with Bo Nickal.

Jorge Masvidal loves Bo Nickal; hates training with him

During the episode #137 of the JRE MMA Show, Joe Rogan sat down with the UFC welterweight star Jorge Masvidal, who expressed his experience of training with the three-time NCAA wrestling champ Bo Nickal. The 38-year-old said, “That’s another f*cking problem… I’m a huge fan of the the guy, I’ve been watching him since his freshman year. But I hate when this motherf**ker goes with me on the mat. He’s a f**king nightmare, bro.”

He continued, “He’s so good already on the ground… That’s a very studious guy, too. He, obviously the wrestling is his f**king second nature… I was talking to his mom once, he had like 85 wrestling matches before the agent night.”

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Having said that, this has made many curious to know what’s it actually like to train with Bo Nickal.

Training with Bo Nickal sounds like a punishment

Back in 2022, after Bo Nickal made his MMA debut with Jorge Masvidal’s iKON FC, the Miami-native UFC fighter described what it feels like training with the 27-year-old Nickal. And his statement further testifies why Bo Nickal is touted to be the next big thing in the UFC.

Masvidal, “He’ll either submit you, or just that whole round you lost because you’re not getting away from this guy, you know. Mix in with the hands he’s starting to develop, because the kid has natural power.”

“He hits, it hurts, man.”

The surging UFC prospect certainly seems to have quite a bright career ahead in the UFC. And with the potential he has, it won’t be a surprise if he holds the championship belt in the near future.

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