Bo Nickal seems to have dropped his humble approach when addressing critics following his first professional defeat.
Nickal suffered a stoppage loss to Reinier de Ridder via a knee to the body during the co-main event at UFC Des Moines recently. After the bout, Nickal initially appeared reflective, stating he wasn`t fully prepared for de Ridder and suggested in an interview that he was “OK with it” and would “pray for those people” who criticized him.
However, in a video from his YouTube channel that was subsequently removed, Nickal`s tone towards his detractors was significantly different and much more aggressive.
In the now-deleted video, Nickal addressed the negative feedback directly. He was quoted saying, “It’s interesting, of course… there’s a lot of positive and a lot of negative. All the negative, to me, I look at that and all I say is like, suck my d*ck.”
He continued, expressing confidence in his future: “At the end of the day, say what you want. But when I get back on top, and when I’m the freaking champion of the world, you all will come crawling back. They always do. They always do, and I will spit right in your face.”
The loss to de Ridder marked Nickal`s first professional defeat, halting a seven-fight winning streak that included a 4-0 start within the UFC. His previous fight was a unanimous decision win over Paul Craig at UFC 309.
Nickal stated he possesses a sharp memory for negative comments, whether they come from fans or media members, and intends to remember those who spoke against him.
He warned that if these critics “crawl back” later seeking interviews, he will remember their past negativity. Nickal explicitly stated how he would treat them: “And guess what? I’m going to say, ‘Hey, come over here, loogie right between the eyes. That’s how I’ll treat you guys.”
Reinforcing his stance on remembering criticism, he concluded, “And every one of you guys that says a bad thing, I have the memory of an elephant.”
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