LAS VEGAS — Sandy Nickal isn't quite sure of the days, but she remembers for sure those two days in 1996 when her only son, Bo Nickal, was born. One night, though, Sandy Nickal was on the sidelines coaching a basketball game. The next day, she was in the hospital delivering Bo.
Not only was he quite literally born into combat sports, but he comes from an entire family of athletes. His grandfather wrestled at the University of North Carolina and later became a wrestling coach. His father, Jason, played college football and became a wrestling coach. His mother, Sandy, played college basketball, did some amateur boxing, and trained at Jackson's MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the thought of taking some MMA fights.
There was a female police officer who had won her fight in the annual event several years in a row. The officer was trained by former UFC champion Holly Holm, who is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Sandy Nickal was asked to compete for the firefighters. Nickal turned pro as an MMA fighter on June 3, 2022, on a show promoted by UFC star Jorge Masvidal. Nickal defeated John Noland in 33 seconds. That got him an invite to DWCS, and he won his first fight there on Aug. 9, 2022, at 1:02 of the first by submitting Zachary Borrego with a rear naked choke.
"I don't really feel I'm exceptionally special in any way, necessarily," Nickal said."I have a really good team around me; a lot of people I trust and a lot of people who know what they're talking about." He believed that Nickal has a chance to be special. Nickal is already talking about fighting the likes of Khamzat Chimaev, who is quickly becoming a boogeyman at both 170 and 185 pounds. Nickal, though, is eager for the fight.The pressure is on his shoulders to perform given his spot on such a star-studded card and with all the attention he's gotten.
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