Bo Nickal claims he would still ‘massacre’ Colby Covington despite his big win over Arman Tsarukyan

Colby Covington remained undefeated on the Real American Freestyle mats.

The previous interim UFC welterweight champion called time on his MMA profession to deal with a return to his wrestling roots.

Prior to Saturday, ‘Chaos’ had already beaten Luke Rockhold, Dillon Danis, and Chris Weidman under the RAF banner. On the promotion’s eleventh event, Covington defeated Arman Tsarukyan to finish the UFC star’s unbeaten run.

The result was a shock given Covington’s underdog status, but Nickal still sees the Californian as being “levels” below him.

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Bo Nickal calls out Colby Covington in response to his RAF 11 title win over Arman Tsarukyan

After beating Tsarukyan to win the newly created crossover championship, it didn’t take long for ‘Chaos’ to have his first defense announced.

Having brawled on the post-match press conference, Covington will wrestle Belal Muhammad within the co-main event of RAF 12 in Cleveland on August 22.

But ‘Remember the Name’ isn’t the one person trying to get their hands on the polarizing 38-year-old.

Following loads of back-and-forth this 12 months, Nickal gave Covington some credit for his performance against Tsarukyan but insisted that he would still dominate the ex-UFC star in RAF.

“Colby actually looked pretty good vs Arman but there’s levels,” Nickal wrote on X.

“If y’all need to see an absolute massacre give me that @RAFWrestlingUSA cross over belt match up next. Easy work,” he added.

Nickal has not fought in RAF for the reason that organization’s launch event 11 months ago, where he defeated Jacob Cardenas.

He has had two scheduled matches against former UFC and Bellator star Yoel Romero canceled.

Nickal will return for the promotion’s one-year anniversary, sharing the cardboard with Covington. The UFC middleweight prospect is ready to wrestle Max McEnelly on the undercard of Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs’ debut.