This is where the “fraud” comes after Bo Nickal loses the first MMA fight from Penn State,

Reinier de Ridder is not a butt for the beginning. He was a double champion in Asian advertising and at the same time kept the belt in the middleweight and light heavyweight. RDR recently came to the UFC and had a funky first fight against the veteran Gerald Manchert. Then he submitted Kevin Holland with ease and ran through Nickal with little problem. He is 6'4 '', a huge UFC medium weight and one of the best Jiu Jitsu and Grapping boys in the division. This was just an excitement for people who were not familiar with promotions that are not called UFC.

Apart from that, Bo was unbeaten, and of course when you lose your first fight, a few people register and call them a fraud:

We can argue about what makes a fraud test, but what is even more important, Nickal did not show much resilience in the fight. He made a few shots, ate a dirty boxing in the clinch and seemed to be folding without having too much resistance. The fence and the exchange of positions were some findings, but no identifiable schedule from Bo. It was one of these things where it is not The He lost it How He has lost himself, which lets you surprise.

This was probably positioned unfairly as a referendum on the American wrestling. It was one of our best wrestlers compared to the skills of a foreigner Jiu Jitsu, Judo and Submissions. We just didn't see much at all, at least not offensive. RDR was the initiator and more active in different ways, while Bo looked as if it were out of his depth.

In addition, Nickal fought in Big 10 Country, the Moines, Iowa, which the wrestling thing only increased at unsustainable levels. This whole plot was exaggerated, but the performance was up to the point where you wonder whether the ceiling was lower than we thought.

Apart from that, this should not be viewed twice as anything but anything but the end.

First, RDR is really good. The type was 19-2 in the fight and both losses were against this bloody, massive Russian guy.

Two, sometimes you are a victim of your own potential, especially in the martial arts world, where promoters find a man they like and put pressure on the guy. See, for example, the UFC 300 main card where he had no business. There was a lot of hype about Nickal, some of them helped with comments on possible future opponents, and some that he did not do, but at the end of the day we talk about a 29-year-old man with fewer than 10 pro fights that has lost against one of the best grappers out there. Now he knows what he has to do at the head of the ladder and has a clear picture of what he has to do if he wants to rise further. Is he big enough for 185? Can he cut to 170? Does he have to be more confident and play his strength? The good thing is that they learn more from losses than from victories.

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia Sports Sport since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 Sports Department and began with the union during the team's 2010 opening season. He went to the academic power plants of the Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. E -mail – k.kinkeead@sportradar.com