Bo Nickal’s head coach Mike Brown admits a lack of experience played a huge part in the loss to Reinier de Ridder this past weekend and he responds to criticism aimed at the three-time NCAA ...

Bo Nickal, right, punches Scotland's Paul Craig during a UFC 309 mixed martial arts middleweight title bout, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York.

Last summer, after Nickal triumphed easily over Beard, Luke Rockhold, a UFC veteran, said: “Bo Nickal would get abused—absolutely abused. Wrestling is [different].