Bo Dean Nickal is an American professional mixed martial artist born in Rifle, Colorado, United States to Jason Nickal and Sandy Nickal. At a young age, Bo moved from Rifle to Wyoming, USA.
Jason played football at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska, USA. Sandy is a former amateur boxer who also played basketball at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, USA.
BIOGRAPHY
Bo is a former freestyle graduated folkstyle wrestler. He was undefeated at the 2018 Southern Scuffle, the 2018 Big Ten Conference and the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships at 184 pounds and at the 2018 Keystone Classic, the 2019 Southern Scuffle, the 2019 Big Ten Conference and the 2019 NCAA Championships at 197 lbs.
Currently, Bo is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. His fight name is The Allen Assassin.
Fighting out of Coconut Creek, Florida, USA, Bo holds a professional MMA record of 7 wins and 1 loss. Here are 13 more things about him:
- In 2001, he started wrestling in Wyoming.
- In 2006, he moved to Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA.
- In 2010, he entered Allen High School in Allen, Texas, USA.
- He placed fifth at the 2013 Cadet World Championships in freestyle.
- In 2014, he graduated from high school with a wrestling record of 183 wins and 7 losses and entered Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
- In 2015, he won his first 18 wrestling matches while attending Pennsylvania State University.
- On April 3, 2016, he had 5 wins and 2 losses at 86kg at the 2016 US Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA.
- From April 28-29, 2017, he had 4 wins and 2 losses at 86kg at the 2017 US Open National Championships in Las Vegas.
- On December 12, 2020, he and Maddie Holmberg got married.
- As an amateur MMA fighter, he submitted David Conley via guillotine choke at “Square Ring Promotions: Island Fights 69” in Pensacola, Florida on September 24, 2021 and knocked out Billy Goode via punch at “Square Ring Promotions: Island Fights 70” in Pensacola on November 5, 2021.
- On June 3, 2022, he made his professional MMA debut.
- On March 4, 2023, he made his UFC debut.
- On January 14, 2025, he turned 29.
TIMELINE
Bo is 6’1″ tall. He competes in the middleweight division.
2019
- From April 24-27, 2019, he won all of his five matches at 92kg at the 2019 US Open National Championships in Las Vegas.
- On July 16, 2019, he defeated Jake Woodley twice at the 2019 Fargo Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
- From October 29-30, 2019, he won all of his four matches at 92kg at the 2019 U23 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
- On December 7, 2019, he made his submission grappling debut at “Third Coast Grappling 3” in Houston, Texas where he was submitted by Gordon Ryan via triangle choke.
2021
- On September 24, 2021, he submitted David Conley via guillotine choke at “Square Ring Promotions: Island Fights 69” in Pensacola, Florida.
- On November 5, 2021, he knocked out Billy Goode via punch at “Square Ring Promotions: Island Fights 70” in Pensacola.
2022
- On June 3, 2022, he knocked out John Noland via punches at “iKON FC 3” in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
- On July 3, 2022, his submission grappling matches against Elliot Kelly and Oliver Taza at “UFC Fight Pass Invitational 2” in Las Vegas both ended in a draw.
- On August 2, 2022, he submitted Zachary Borrego via rear-naked choke at “Dana White’s Contender Series 49” in Enterprise, Nevada.
- On September 27, 2022, he submitted Donovan Beard via triangle choke at “Dana White’s Contender Series 56” in Enterprise.
2023
- On March 4, 2023, he submitted Jamie Pickett via arm-triangle choke at “UFC 285” in Paradise, Nevada.
- On July 8, 2023, he defeated Val Woodburn via technical knockout via punches at “UFC 290” in Paradise.
2024
- On April 13, 2024, he submitted Cody Brundage via rear-naked choke at “UFC 300” in Paradise.
- On November 16, 2024, he defeated Paul Craig via unanimous decision at “UFC 309” in New York City, New York, USA.
2025
- On May 3, 2025, he lost to Reinier de Ridder via TKO at “UFC on ESPN 67” in Des Moines, Iowa.
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