Bo Nickal says he was one of the names approached to replace Khamzat Chimaev at UFC on ABC 6. Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) withdrew from Saturday’s headliner vs. Robert Whittaker (25-7 MMA, 16-5 UFC) at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia due to illness . The UFC called numerous fighters as potential replacements – including Nickal, before landing on Ikram Aliskerov. Nickal (6-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) revealed that he got a call, but was unreachable for days before he actually saw the message
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