Bo Nickal was backstage when he witnessed Dricus Du Plessis upset Robert Whittaker at UFC 290. Shortly after Nickal (5-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) knocked out Val Woodburn in just 38 seconds this past Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC) scored a second-round TKO of former champion Whittaker on the pay-per-view main card. Nickal was impressed with Du Plessis’ finish, but he’s confident he would have his way with the streaking South African, who is next in line for UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. “Oh jeez, looks like Dricus is going to finish him,” Nickal told Full Send MMA . “That’s crazy… Hats off to him. I feel like I respect Whittaker a lot
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