Bo Nickal
American wrestler (born 1996)
ボー・ニッカル
- Born
- 14 January 1996, Rifle
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- amateur wrestling, collegiate wrestling, mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- amateur wrestler, collegiate wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter, sports commentator
- Height
- 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
- Team / club
- Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling
Bo Dean Nickal (born January 14, 1996) is an American professional mixed martial artist, freestyle wrestler, and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He also competes in the light heavyweight division of Real American Freestyle (RAF), where he was the inaugural RAF Light Heavyweight Champion. As of September 12, 2026, he is #12 in the Meta UFC middleweight rankings.
In freestyle wrestling, he claimed the 2019 U23 World Championship and the US Open national championship, and was a finalist at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials and a Final X contestant in 2019. As a collegiate wrestler, Nickal was a three-time NCAA Division I national champion (finalist in 2016) and a three-time Big Ten Conference champion out of Pennsylvania State University.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| RAF 01 | 2025 | |
| RAF 12 | 2026 | |
| RAF Moscow | 2026 |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q86752584 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.