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mvattivo

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Jun 23, 2005
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Bo is a stud. I loved to watch him wrestle.
That said, since his transition to MMA, he’s gotten extremely cocky. I root for him in MMA, as I root for all wrestlers, but it was nice to see him get some humble pie on Saturday. Especially since he didn’t make a single attempt for the whole match and then whined at the end hoping for the ref to gift him the match after trying something for 15 seconds.

Even as a PSU fan, I can agree with this. If you are going to be as cocky as he is, which is sometimes required to sell yourself in MMA, you need to back it up with a more inspired performance than what he gave in that match.
 

Squatch96

All-Conference
Jul 3, 2025
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Even as a PSU fan, I can agree with this. If you are going to be as cocky as he is, which is sometimes required to sell yourself in MMA, you need to back it up with a more inspired performance than what he gave in that match.
To be honest Its not like I really hate nickal he was always entertaining even if he spladed your teams wrestler.kinda just looked like he thought he could just show up and win that match just my opinion McEnnelly is just wrestling as of now I do give them both credit that the match happened though
 
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JoeBagobagels

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Even as a PSU fan, I can agree with this. If you are going to be as cocky as he is, which is sometimes required to sell yourself in MMA, you need to back it up with a more inspired performance than what he gave in that match.
He's not focusing on wrestling now, obviously. I think it's great since he's willing to get out there and wrestle yet.
 

redghost1974

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Nickal's timing into his senior freestyle career was unfortunate. Depth ahead of him forced him to MMA. To jump into RAF and seriously compete with current world team candidates is a leap. Kudos to him to find a way to cash checks between MMA fights, but like half the RAF matches, they are only entertainment at best.
 
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