UFC 335 Fight Pushed

One of the bigger fights scheduled for the year-ending UFC 335 card has apparently been pushed to next year.

UFC 335 Headline Bout

Scheduled to take place at T-Mobile Arena on December 12, UFC 335 is headlined by a “BMF” championship bout between reigning titleholder Charles Oliveira and two-time featherweight title challenger Diego Lopes.

Co-Main Event

The co-main event features former two-division UFC titleholder Alex Pereira taking on Sergei Pavlovich for his second heavyweight outing, and the card also recently added a huge women’s flyweight bout between Maycee Barber and Carli…

Joe Pyfer Fight Pushed

The UFC 335 main card was also supposed to feature an important middleweight contest between Joe Pyfer and Bo Nickal, who last competed at UFC Freedom 250 at The White House over the summer.

Fight Moved to 2027

Per Nickal himself, the fight with Pyfer has apparently been pushed back to 2027 and will now headline a yet-to-be-announced UFC Fight Night event in Cleveland.

Nickal's Statement

“I got a call backstage, and I do have some news, which is pretty exciting,” Nickal said during a rally for Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio (h/t Bloody Elbow).“[Ramaswamy] right here mentioned my fight in December.

“I got a call backstage, and I do have some news, which is pretty exciting,” Nickal said during a rally for Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio (h/t Bloody Elbow). “[Ramaswamy] right here mentioned my fight in December. It actually got moved to February, where I’m going to be main eventing in Cleveland…We are gonna go smash this guy and then go take the belt.”

UFC Returns to Cleveland

If Nickal’s update is true, then February will see the UFC return to Cleveland for just the second time after the city previously hosted UFC 203 more than ten years ago.

Bo Nickal Background

A three-time NCAAA Division 1 national champion in wrestling, Nickal made two appearances on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022 and formally signed on with the UFC after only three professional MMA fights.

Nickal's Record

The 30-year-old stopped his first two UFC opponents in under a round of combined fight time before he also finished Cody Brundage at UFC 300, and he improved to 4-0 in the UFC when he…

Nickal's Recent Wins

Following a sizeable upset at the hands of Reinier de Ridder, Nickal rebounded by knocking out Rodolfo Vieira before he most recently stopped Kyle Daukaus at the aforementioned UFC White House event in June.

Nickal's Title Shot

The matchup with Pyfer represents a major chance for Nickal to vault into middleweight title contention, as “Bodybagz” is currently on a four-fight win streak and stopped two-time UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya his last…