Las Vegas – UFC middleweight Bo Nickal stayed undefeated in his career as he scored a decision victory over Paul Craig at UFC 309 on Saturday night.
“I judge myself based on my effort, my performance, how I feel like I did personally,” Nickal told reporters including Cageside Press at his post-fight scrum.
“I was able to take a guy who’s a veteran of the sport, dominate him for 15 minutes, shut him out. He didn’t have any big moments in that fight. I feel like I showcased a lot of development (and) improvement.”
Nickal (7-0) ended up engaging in a striking affair with Craig who is a grappler himself and not known for his striking.
“I came in open and as I’m winning the striking battle, I’m not really feeling a lot of resistance from him, I’m not feeling any takedown attempts. I had a big advantage on the feet so I kept it there,” he said.
“I didn’t see any sense in taking him down putting him in his best position making what, to me, would have been a bad decision a low IQ decision. So I kept it on the feet, dominated the whole time, and got the win.”
The crowd definitely didn’t see it that way as they let the boos rain down on Nickal following the fight and the announcement of the decision. He didn’t see it that way.
“I was pumped dude. ‘BO!’ like how many times does MSG chant your name for that long. So I’m pumped about it,” Nickal said with a shy smile.
“It was great.”
Watch the entire post-fight scrum with Bo Nickal above.
