There was a lot of talk about Bo Nickal in the buildup to UFC on ESPN 67. Some of it was Nickal's own doing when he talked about bulking up north of 220 pounds ahead of his next middleweight fight. Come fight week in Des Moines,

Reinier de Ridder dealt Bo Nickal his first career MMA defeat, scoring a KO at 1:53 of the second round during UFC Fight Night on Saturday. With the win, de Ridder improves his professional record to 20-2, while Nickal falls to 7-1.

The former two-division ONE Championship titleholder shocked Bo Nickal on Saturday night, knocking out the MMA super-prospect with a barrage of second-round strikes in UFC Des Moines' middleweight co-main event at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.