LAS VEGAS – If Dana White had to pick one fighter from the most recent season of Dana White’s Contender Series it’d be a no-brainer. “ Bo Nickal , 100 percent,” White told MMA Junkie and other reporters after Nickal’s 57-second submission of Donovan Beard at the UFC Apex. With his win, Nickal essentially repeated history. In early August, he took five seconds longer to submit Zack Borrego . While many viewers thought the former Dan Hodge Trophy winner would be a shoe-in for a UFC deal, White elected not to, but rather bring him back on DWCS instead. “After what you saw tonight, you know I made the right decision,” White said.
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