Bo Nickal asked to fight Reinier de Ridder.
When the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Iowa for the first time in 25 years, they’ll bring with it an impressive line-up of fights, including a big bantamweight headliner between Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo.
But perhaps the most intriguing fight of the night will see Nickal, a three-time NCAA Division I national champion, put his undefeated streak on the line against former two-division ONE world champion Reinier de Ridder.
It’s a significant step up in competition for Nickal, but as it turns out, the former Nittany Lion is the one who asked for a fight with ‘The Dutch Knight.