Bo Nickal

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.