Bo Nickal calls for UFC White House clash against Colby Covington amid beef
Bo Nickal thinks matchmakers have a layup for the UFC White House card.
Nickal has made quite a few enemies throughout his pro MMA career, and his latest rival is Colby Covington. The two recently got into a verbal spat during a press conference to hype up a RAF event. When asked by a reporter about potentially facing Nickal in a pro MMA bout, Covington said the nine-fight pro needs to get in line.
During an interview with MMAFighting.com, Nickal urged UFC matchmakers to book him in a bout against “Chaos” at the White House.
“Obviously that’s been the plan for me since after my last fight,” Nickal said. “It would be a great honor to be able to compete on that card. It’s just going to be so historic. Opponent wise, I’m leaving it up to the UFC but I think that the Colby matchup makes so much sense, especially considering the last RAF event, how everything went. Then him declaring he’s going up to middleweight. That’s just something I feel like it’s the fight to make.
“For me, every single guy I’ve competed against up until this point in MMA, I haven’t really had motivation to beat that person specifically. The opponent was just the opponent. This one is definitely a little more personal obviously with a lot of the comments he’s made. I feel like it would be fun to be able to compete against somebody I actually want to fight. There’s just extra motivation for me, which would make it a lot of fun.”
Nickal got off to a 7-0 start in his pro MMA career. Things came crashing down for when he was stopped by Reinier de Ridder back in May 2025. Six months later, Nickal rebounded with a second-round head kick knockout over Rodolfo Vieira inside Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Covington has dropped his last two fights against Joaquin Buckley and Leon Edwards. He did earn a dominant victory over Luke Rockhold in a pro freestyle wrestling match at RAF 5 back in January.
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