“Bo Nickel’s NOT Ready for Top 10 UFC Fighters” 

Bo should do what O'Malley did. Keep fighting lower ranked guys until he's off that Contender series contract. No point in rushing to fight a top 5 guy if you're gonna get paid in turnips.

How did UFC not grab Chael as an analyst? The MIND on this dude...

I think guys at the top cannot only just defend/protect themselves while grappling but they can also attack/strike in between the scrambles while fighting for position.

You know you’re the real deal when you absolutely steam roll a guy in the 1st round while threatening a finish damn near the entire time, actually finish him in the 2nd round, and people call you a fraud afterwards I don’t think people realize how unrealistic it is to be able to finish every fight in 1 minute without getting touched like Bo’s previous matches. And they also don’t realize how hard it is to finish somebody who has completely abandoned any offense and is just focused on being a clam and defending

Henry is most likely talking about how in some dominant positions, Bo couldn’t get anything going ; not just in the instance you mentioned where he had his wrest trapped while they were against the cage, but also when he mounted him center octagon and could not get any offense going. He was only able to maintain the position.

100% right… talking about Khamzat but struggling with unranked fighters is the proof! Ah yes, Khamzat struggled also against Usman. The only difference is, shortly before this Mofo was pound 4 pound #1 - see the differenxe? 🤷‍♂️

Its hard to imagine a scenario where Bo doesn't win a ufc championship at some point

Henry being a bit salty ...give Bo a top 15 guy next ..if he wins give him that guys rankinh tgen repeat with 12 10 etc .

Bo is like a really elite wrestler though. One of the best ncaa records ever

Probably because that’s what Bo said on the mma hour. He said I need 2 more fights before I start fighting ranked guys, word for word.

As Cory Anderson said after smoking Johnny Walker when the dude was smoking everyone and looking like Jon’s next real test: “There’s levels to this!” Bo is being smart. He will Absolutely be champ one day and maybe even #1 P4P, but not before he gets a at least 5-6 more fights. He 100% has all of the tools to give every single middleweight nightmares, But only after he puts everything together

I was actually hoping you would make a video about this exact topic for the last couple days now. I’ve been thinking about Bo. And you need to have a serious talk about this with Bo. He needs to absolutely be ready for the top 10 mentally. I think he’s there physically. It’s committing 100% and being 1,000,000,000% focused. This is fighting bad things can happen and he needs to be ready and not rush the fights in the top 10. Take the ones he knows he can win. Don’t mess around. And secure the championship, if that’s his goal. With game plans and everything else you need to do to win. Studying opponents. And they won’t be easy. He needs to be completely ready. And he’s reaching the top. It’s about time. It’s about crunch time. Do, or die.

I agree with Henry, Bo is good but he needs to take his time, he had a tough time this past weekend imo until he got the hold.

I agree. I like Bo and enjoyed his last fight but certian points of that fight if he had been fighting a top 10 he'd have been in real trouble. If they push him to fast it'll be a repeat of Sage. I'm not opposed to them put lower ranked guys high on a card because I understand they are building long term stars meant for watching em grow but obviously trynna cash out at the same time. Basically they are short cutting Nate Diaz / diago Sanchez type stars. It's gonna be a slow going fursure

Didn't look great, or that confident in the stand up that probably what Henry seeing.

Henry is off on this

It's an incredible output of content and opinions that Chael is able to publish here. The Biggest Fight Analist of West Linn Oregon!

Bro Bo is ready to f up everybody

Bo can get it done

Undefeated Undisputed Uncle Chael P sonnen🐐

I agree. And he's got so much pressure on him that one bad loss could ruin him.

Shout out “Cody Gumbridge”!

I wrestle lefty and my hands are backwards when I do judo, but I still score takedowns in both (w/ old school judo rules). Any other guys who train have any weird technique quirks like this?

Killer instinct is what Henry will say is missing from Bo’s game. Mark my words 🤞🏾

I mean it was supposed to be a squash match but in round 1 and 2 Brundage stuffed a couple takedowns and even got a throw in on Nickal.

Dude. Great shit

He's run through 5 UFC guys, 4 if you don't count for the last minute replacement. I think it's time to give him someone in the 10-15 ranking to get a better sense of his skills. Or Imavov might be a good fight.

Bo is uncle Chaels golden boy! He still got the win, I think he still grinds it out and wins against most top 10 guys

I hate when people say someone isnt ready. People rise to the occasion all the time. The argument could be had that uncle Chael wasnt ready for silva and you would be right but the man stood there like a champion and took his loss. Chael you are a fighter just like everyone else in the ufc dont say they aren’t ready when they have been fighting for their meals. Chael got rich and forgot about the grind of moving forward

It was also against Cody Brundage who is a journeyman at best.

You've never seen a fight in a phone booth? Chael, let us welcome you to Fight Circus!

Brundage the guy was built very tough strong MMA fighter I could not have said it better. I didn’t see any weaknesses. In fact I think bo nickel is stronger standing up and trading blows that’s what I wanna see. He’s got some big power there.

Now my FOOD is done I’m ReAdY for a long video ! This one DUN ! So glad you guys get to see me

Can we get an over-under bet on how many Chael is gonna use the same thumbnail

Henry’s right. Bo’s not ready

Bo mentioned on JRE hes taking things slow as he just started learning striking and BJJ for what, a few years? He's taking the long path, the smart path. Bo has said he has a bunch to learn still, is a 3x NCAA Wrestling NC, is building a great team around the world and even in State College, PA (where these badass PSU wrestlers can train at or take the World/Olympic Wrestling route), can continue to spar in wrestling with the best wrestlers in the Penn State Wrestling club that has people that werent even PSU wrestlers but people like Kyke Dake (4x world champion) among the current and past PSU/top wrestlers from other schools like Dake, etc... He's going to get better and better. He's 100% focused on being the best in MMA as he's always done with Wrestling. Their is a reason for his hype.

I think the matchup wasnt prime. Hes the real deal though. Striking needs work

Tito tapped Bo is ready.

Put your hands up and don't make no more excuses and I love the bad guy

i kinda see what Henry is saying i find myself questioning bo after last fight and i cant figure out why

2:43😂😂😂😂

Hasnt bo said this i mean it makes sense for him to get at least 3 more fights before he fights a ranked opponent similar to suga sean but he hss half the fight exp

How old was Bo the first time he struck an opponent?

Historically, southpaws have enjoyed an advantage in combat. When 90~something percent of your enemies are orthodox, a mirrored opponent can be devastatingly effective.

Bo needs to go baki style and fight ina phone booth. That would be 🗿

He has heard of a armbar triangle Was it a armbar or a triangle? Not the foggiest idea or why it matter Never understood the expression. Some times within a moral victory which is to extend the time of the match it's not to reverse and or change the outcome it's just to extend the inevitable people thought I would not be able to make it a minute I made it an entire round people didn't think I could make it a round I can make it all 5 rounds and send this to the judges. Its doesn't change the domination. Or the moral victory if you get subbed by in the closing minutes. Even if its the very same sub that tends get you

My initial hunch was that Cejudo is trying to promote his own middleweight for a title shot, but I have no clue who that could be.

It’s awesome how great Chaels brain is

Bo hits hard and his punches almost always land. His fists are like heat-seeking missiles. And no opponent dares try to take it to the ground. If he shoots his mouth off, I don't even pay attention to that. Fighters need to spout off to promote themselves in today's game. Bo will prove Chael wrong. _Bo Knows Knockouts_

Bo needs a few more fights indeed but saying he didn’t easily handle or even dominate his opponents is incorrect

And Chael, they actually do have phone booth fighting now... and I'm being dead serious. 😂😂😂. Oh, and car-jitsu. And the newest thing, tire wrestling (where the goal is literally to "dunk" your opponent through a huge monster truck tire). When powerslap fails we'll see which one Dana goes after next, lol.

Chuck Norris could do bolth

I think the two Big mouths should fight each other - BO Nickal vs Brendan Allen

Isn't Henry on like his 5th retirement?

Being left handed and a wrestler is a huge advantage because your striking stance and wrestling stance both lead with the right foot. It's easier to learn to strike.

mindset, his mindset is not ready for top 10 when he gets down on himself and makes that public display with his thumbs down in the cage after a great performance. It makes you wonder how he will react when he actually gets tested, will his mindset allow him to regroup and make the necessary changes, or will he thumbs down his motivation and get in trouble.

I think Henry is wild for that comment

Ten more fights is like saying 3-4 more years.That's too long.to enter the top ten. It's fine if you become the Champion at age 32 or even the top 5, but you would want to defend it for a few fights and it would take a few fights to get the title shot. I would say one year would be fast, but possible, if you entered the top ten and won three good fights. That would make you a Champ at age 32, and you could defend that twice a year for a bit. But there is also the possibility that you enter the top ten at age 31 and get in line waiting your turn for 4 years, and you are now 35 years old, expected to be on the decline already. Bo needs to be a little more assertive about his goals and willing to make himself vulnerable to chance and risk. The others are.

Bo's fight was boring and lasted as long as it did bcuz his opponent was not trying to win... Bo is good enough of a grappler to capitalize on openings and get to his submissions or ground and pound. Brundage however, was just trying to lock down the position while laying on his back. This isn't bjj where you can choose to concede the advantageous position for 15 minutes and still win a judges decision... If Cody was giving action and EVEN ATTEMPTING to be actively NOT LOSING, Bo would've been able to get him out of there much sooner. Which is exactly what happened when Cody Brundage rolled through trying to stand up and "win" (not lose) for the first time in the fight. Bo's fights are going to be fun and high paced when he goes up against some of these monsters in the division who arent just going to let another man put them on their back and hold them there

What’s failing to get a takedown?

Looking pretty Swole Chael!! 😎

The only people that are trying to stiff arm Bo are former wrestlers who became champions… Henry and Daniel. I think the main issue is that they don’t want Bo to outshine them.

Bos first fight that wasn't an extreme first round finish and everyone including himself are disappointed and that's crazy. Dana said it himself the world has put so much pressure on him its creating unrealistic expectations.

I don’t think it was a competitive fight but Bo was not as dominant as everyone expected

Bo vs Brad Tavares coming soon

Bo should take his time

Did he say, “bolth?”…..

Bo was the biggest favorite in UFC history for the second time in a row. So yes he's absolutely expected to maul them like Khamzat did to Li and Holland. Brundage isn't ranked and got a lucky win by DQ against malkoun. This should have been over in 30 seconds if Bo was as good as the hype

Bo vs Hermansson, let’s just go ahead and find out haha

Don’t forget guys bo had a whole wrestling career before this. As a former wrestler with no where near as good of credentials as Bo I’m competing in jujitsu and have to pull back a ton with training due to my body already being broken down from wrestling so I imagine Bo probably isn’t able to go in every day and train balls to the wall. Let him take his time.

Wrestlers CAN just grab guys & throw em down a lot of the time….keeping them down, knowing what to do once you’re on em, knowing how to identify & properly defend against BJJ subs, knowing that while you may have excellent skills in the clinch tying someone standing…better know about judo/sambo style tosses, and you for sure better know some basic boxing/kickboxing

Chaels a smart guy and he knows fighting but im gonna go out on a limb as a former boxer who never did MMA and say that theres likely as big a difference in MMA when it comes to how you fight southpaws and how you fight as a southpaw as there is in boxing. It ceases to matter in boxing when youre inside. Other than that its huge.

Didn't Bo only get like 8 significant strikes in round 1 against Brundage? Who in the top 10 would have landed less?

I agree with Cejudo (as much as it pains me to say). Bo, # 1 needs 10lbs of more muscle. #2 he needs to polish off his BJJ and Striking. His wrestling is undeniable but hor his grapple heavey fighting style he is better at A.K.A.

I'm too lazy to check but it seems that it is taking Nickel a lot longer than Weidman did to fight the top guys.

Ready or not doesn’t matter..he’s of the right colors so he deserves to be fast tracked

Bo prob needs a few more fights before he beats someone in the top 10

Dang, uncle Chael has never heard of Russian phone booth fighting? You need to check it out!

What did he just say?

Chael doesn't understand all these differences between rings and cages and sizes of cages etc because he is a elite wrestler. No matter who he fights he has the same game plan. Go forward push the pace and wrestle. Because of that all those differences don't matter to him. But to other fighters of different skill sets they do matter.

Bo was in a tough situation. Cody is no slouch. Bo had to play it safe and take it to the ground.

Why not give Henry a call and ask him you got his number?

Bo is too good

Sp = right leg fwd

The best thing to happen to mma in the last 10 years ,was alex getting off that bar stool.

Henry was a great fighter but sometimes he's way off. 10 fights seems a bit much but I'd say about half of that for Bo. 4-5 fights seems about right those 4-5 opponents better start cracking into that top 10-5 by time it's over otherwise yeah he'll be getting washed by the top 5. Def top 3

Bo may not be fully prepared to steamroll the entire top 10 but I'll guarantee you the guy would find a way to beat every single one of them.

Gumbridge tapped

Bo got rocked by Cody and shot for that takedown so fast🤣

Henry Cejudo isn’t ready for top ten guys

Bobby knuckles said the same thing. Bo would struggle against any of the top guys he hasn't proven anything yet. The UFC obviously giving him the easy track to the title

Yeah Bo didnt look like he belonged in the top 15 yet. He was supposed to dominate Kody Gumbridge but it was a *very* competitive fight.

every fighter has things they arn't the best at, and it dosn't matter winning is a choice, Alex has became champ off kickboxing alone, Kabibi was the champ off wrestling alone, if you don't have a screwdriver just switch to nails and use your hammer

Any ranked dude would kill Bozo Nickelodeon. He has one attack. He throws a over-hand left while reaching for the leg with the righ, all the time.

I said the same thing He couldnt finish the sub, he didnt know how to choke Cody. He had no idea what to do once his opponent got to the ground, all he knows is take down and pin. He doesnt routinely practice BJJ nearly as much as American style wrestling. That does help in MMA, but that’s WHEN you learn to transition those maneuvers into a different sport. He’s skilled, but has no idea how to finish a fight. Just hopes and dreams that he can get a KO

Yepper

Bo is ready for a title shot.

The moral victory is for the loser or the non favourite. Gaethje could be said, achieved a moral victory against Max. He was completely outstrategised and outclassed, got injuries early to battle through, and still managed to give everyone the show of five rounds. Agreed to go swinging in the final ten seconds. The winner, wins, and whilst they can also achieve a moral victory - how they went about it, or came from behind, etc, but that wasn't a moral victory from the UFC pet. Why not? Because he was fighting a can who is also a quitter. Brundage showed how that plays. It's not worth the struggle anymore, just happy to be there, don't need the win, I'm tired, I give up. Your boy Bo said it himself with his two thumbs down. Why did he do that? Was he lying? Was he just pretending he sucks to appease the crowd who thought he sucked? But he's ready to sign up to the Conor card. So rinse and repeat. Keep fighting opposition that isn't a real test, keep showing how far from comprehensive MMA he is in the meantime, not providing the entertaining fight to compensate. Why didn't he stay on the feet? Ugly, amateurish, but they were nigh on equal on the feet. To learn to be better at striking, even when it gets hard, he chose not to. He ran away from the learning experience. And gave the crowd a tedious greenhorn fight on the ground with an opponent who forgot he could throw blows. He was a coward. That's what we can glean. And he belongs in the prelims until he isn't a coward and learns his craft properly. (And this protection of a record with 0 losses is a wanq. He'd learn a hell of a lot more going up against solid strikers and stay with them. That they are already conceding he needs years and years and lots and lots more fights before he's anywhere near elite, so take the losses and learn something... and hey ho, it might be an entertaining fight, because he'll bring the qualities he has already established, that we aren't seeing - determined, never say die, keep thinking, keep pushing... he's done that in wrestling, but doesn't want to do it on the feet. He's a bore and always will be with this silly cotton wool attitude to his career. He needs to want to be thrown to the wolves. Not the alpha wolf, but the solid mid pack wolves that will challenge him as a striker and he learns how to win on the feet - against real competition.)

Bo should definitely follow the O'Malley blueprint. He's only been doing MMA for a couple of years. No way he can be a champ in his current form. He needs to develop his MMA game to be champ.

How does Chael spell Bo's last name? 🤔😂