Henry Cejudo believes Bo Nickal would beat Israel Adesanya in the event that they ended up preventing.
Nickal is at the moment unranked at middleweight however has a excellent wrestling pedigree and lots of have pegged him as a future contender. A type of believers is Cejudo who thinks Nickal would beat Adesanya in a possible contest as he thinks it’s a dangerous matchup for the previous champ.
👀Henry Cejudo believes Bo Nickal would beat Israel Adesanya in the event that they had been to combat:
“If Bo Nickal was to get a man like Israel Adesanya now, it would not be good for Israel particularly watching him get choked out, like Bo Nickal would do a quantity on him simply stylistically”… pic.twitter.com/h9fHtTBktE
— Residence of Struggle (@Home_of_Fight) August 27, 2024
“If Bo Nickal was to get a man like Israel Adesanya now, it wouldn’t be good for Israel. Epecially watching him get choked out. Like, Bo Nickal would do a quantity on him simply stylistically,” Cejudo mentioned to Residence of Struggle.
Though Cejudo thinks Nickal would beat Adesanya, it’s unlikely the combat will occur anytime quickly. However, if it did it will be a highly-anticipated bout and an enormous check for Bo Nickal. If he had been to beat Israel Adesanya as Henry Cejudo thinks, Nickal would instantly grow to be a title contender at middleweight.
It is usually a combat Bo Nickal has referred to as for effectively earlier than he even fought within the UFC. In November of 2022, Nickal was assured he was a horrible matchup for Adesanya as he thought he would submit him with ease.
“I don’t actually understand how he’s gonna cease me from bringing him to the bottom and submitting him,” Nickal mentioned to Michael Bisping. “I get it. Yeah, there’s at all times going to be an opportunity that I get knocked out. However, we’ve seen this story too many instances on this sport. We all know the way it goes.”
Bo Nickal is 6-0 as a professional and coming off a second-round submission win over Cody Brundage at UFC 300. The previous Penn State wrestler is 3-0 within the UFC as he additionally has wins over Val Woodburn and Jamie Pickett.
As for Israel Adesanya, he suffered a submission loss to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305 for the middleweight title.
