Bo Nickal is ready to return to UFC competition and show his first career loss was just an outlier.
Nickal (7-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) saw his incredible hype derailed in May when he was finished by Reinier de Ridder. It was a blow to his momentum, but Nickal digested the loss well and went back to the drawing board for a reset.
Now, several months later, Nickal has hinted for the first time when and where he wants to return – and UFC 322 on Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York is his ideal timeline (via X):
Nickal, 29, did not mention a potential opponent for his next matchup in the middleweight division, but expressed the desire to be on the early prelims for the first time.
