Bo Nickal
Bo Nickal is ranked 24th of 317 middleweights by the First Light Rating, and 14th in the UFC’s own middleweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,97024th of 317 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.56Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.05 in 13 days - Career phase
- DevelopingCareer-best FLR 1,974, 14 Jun 2026
- Record
- 9–1Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Won vs Kyle DaukausUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · TKO (Punches and Elbows), R1 | +51 |
| 15 Nov 2025 | Won vs Rodolfo VieiraUFC 322 - Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · KO (Head Kick), R3 | +50 |
| 3 May 2025 | Lost to Reinier de RidderUFC on ESPN 67 - Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · TKO (Knee to the Body), R2 | −12 |
| 16 Nov 2024 | Won vs Paul CraigUFC 309 - Jones vs. Miocic · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +55 |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Won vs Cody BrundageUFC 300 - Pereira vs. Hill · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +60 |
| 8 Jul 2023 | Won vs Valentine WoodburnUFC 290 - Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez · TKO (Punches), R1 | +96 |
| 4 Mar 2023 | Won vs Jamie PickettUFC 285 - Jones vs. Gane · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R1 | +100 |
| 27 Sept 2022 | Won vs Donovan BeardDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2022: Week 10 · Submission (Triangle Choke), R1 | +218 |
| 9 Aug 2022 | Won vs Zachary BorregoDana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2022: Week 3 · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +267 |
| 3 Jun 2022 | Won vs John NolandiFC 3 - Jorge Masvidal's iKon Fighting Championship 3 · KO (Punches), R1 | — |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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