Preview the matchup that is set to kick off the UFC 285 main card between Dana White’s Contender Series alums Bo Nickal and …
here he is making his Contender series debuted a three-time national champion one of the best wrestlers to ever enter the contender series my first Contender series fight was interesting I want to know he’s 3-0 so he has trouble the amount of experience in actual MMA so I’m like I’m like this guy could be pretty good in my mind I’m coming in there full steam ahead I just need to go out there and do what I need to do this squeeze is horrendous right now cranking on that neck Bo nickel easy work on the contender series that’s about as good as it gets I think the fight was a minute and two seconds and uh Dana’s like there’s two enough coming into the UFC so what we’d like to do is offer Bo another fight here in the contender series as soon as he said that I was like thank you like that’s great like I want another fight I know I put a spectacular performance on it’s over I’m gonna get that contract oh nickel is not here to play around welcome to the UFC brother I think that our approach the sport is very different from most guys I think it’s really inevitable for me to be the champ and here is the night wolf Jamie Pickett quite the road just to get to the UFC and fight in the Octagon you talk about persistence and trying hard and keeping that dream alive he has done that he has that aggressive style he’s got excellent power in his hands he’s got very good strike it’s a guy that is just not willing to ever give up on himself oh beautiful wow oh he’s hurt he’s out on his feet a little bit here oh that’s it JB Pickett had a lot of moments giving up I’ve been some real scary situations so being scared of another human it’s about like Bo Nick was not gonna intimidate me the only thing he’s gonna do is make me a fight him if he says it I did not buy into any hyper mode I don’t really know him he’s a fight like I’m a fighter he believes I gotta believe I’m so excited if I can I get the Derulo Hydra he’s ran his mouth too much about being the number one fighter so he has a lot of pressure on him because of that me quitting is just it’s very hard for me to do I push hard my drive just won’t let me stop my predictions is I get a knockout around 7 I’m a natural born finisher I can obviously go 15 minutes I don’t see it getting past the first round this is a good fight for me to get back on top beat him would compel me so much I expect to finish him in an exciting way I won’t give up I won’t stop why do I have to lose [Applause]