Outside Source
The former three-time NCAA national champion wrestler will meet Yoel Romero at Real American Freestyle 4 on Dec. 20 at Fishers Event Center in Fishers, Indiana. The match, which is for Nickal’s light heavyweight championship, was announced during RAF 3 this past Saturday in Chicago.
An Intriguing Matchup
Nickal defeated Jacob Cardenas to win the light heavyweight title at the first RAF event in August. Since then, he returned to the Octagon at UFC 322, where he knocked out Rodolfo Vieira in the third round of their bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. That victory allowed Nickal to rebounded from his first career MMA defeat suffered against Reinier de Ridder in May.
Romero, meanwhile, is a former middleweight title challenger in the UFC and a light heavyweight title challenger in Bellator MMA “The Soldier of God” won a silver medal in the 2000 Olympic in freestyle wrestling and was also a world champion in 1999. The 48-year-old Cuban hasn’t competed in MMA since 2024, but in the meantime, he has earned victories in Dirty Boxing and BKFC.
RAF 4 is headlined by a heavyweight title bout between Wyatt Hendrickson and Mason Parris. Additionally, former UFC welterweight king Belal Muhammad will lock horns with David Carr.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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