Bo Nickal feels confident in grappling Paul Craig at UFC 309

NEW YORK – Bo Nickal just isn’t afraid to go to the bottom with jiu-jitsu specialist Paul Craig. In any respect.

Nickal, a UFC middleweight prospect and embellished collegian wrestler, responded to Craig’s claims that he’s vastly superior to him within the jiu-jistsu division by warning Craig on underestimating that a part of his recreation forward of their important card bout at Saturday’s UFC 309 in Madison Sq. Backyard.

“The blokes that I’m coaching with and I’m working with in jiu-jitsu are, they’re not good at jiu-jitsu for MMA, they’re the most effective guys on the planet at sport jiu-jitsu,” Nickal stated. “I feel he’d be shocked at how good my general submission grappling is. I imply, the primary grappling match I ever took was towards Gordon Ryan, who’s one of many pound-for-pound No. 1 (grappling) fighters on the planet, and he couldn’t submit me for 13 minutes, and that was with three coaching classes in that sport. So I feel he’d be shocked with my grappling.”

Nickal (6-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who many consider is destined to turn out to be uFC champion, sees Craig (17-8-1 MMA, 9-8-1 UFC) as the precise step in his profession. He stated that he known as for the battle, however that it’s nothing private. Nickal simply thinks it’s a bout that is smart for him.

“It’s only a step-up in competitors,” Nickal stated. “For me, who I battle doesn’t matter as a lot as the best way I’m creating and enhancing within the sport. He’s a man that’s acquired a ton of expertise. He’s a man that poses plenty of hazard and fascinating issues to unravel, so it is smart for my profession and the place I’m at.

“It’s not private in any respect. It’s simply one other step within the route I’m headed. I’m excited for it. That is the most important problem that I’ve had. I feel all people would conform to that.”

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