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3x NCAA Wrestling Champ Bo Nickal Talks His Career, Olympics and Transition to MMA


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3x NCAA wrestling stand out Bo Nickal, discusses his career at Penn State, men's Freestyle Olympic team, his transition to MMA and the opening of his new gym in Happy Valley, Pennsylvania.
We also break down last weeks main event fight in Bellator: A.J. McKee vs Patricio "Pitbull" Freire 
Pillars of a sound betting strategy, a few picks we like on this weeks card and a couple of old school stories involving an MMA legend!
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:32 Bo Nickal discusses his wrestling career, high school in Texas and on to Penn State
0:10:38 Cael Sanderson - Be the best you can be
0:12:45 Transition to MMA 
0:14:50 Opening new gym in Happy Valley, Pennsylvania. 
0:21:00 Best styles that translate for MMA
0:24:18 Bo breaks down the men's Olympic freestyle team. 
0:25:55 Folkstyle to International 
0:28:12 Thoughts on Khabib Nurmagomedov
0:34:22 Timetable to start MMA 
0:35:12 Pipeline of talent to fight
0:37:27 American Top Team is the Penn State of MMA 
0:42:20 We discuss the A.J. McKee vs Patricio "Pitbull" Freire Bellator fight
0:46:07 Betting talk: rules for beginners, strategy and parlays
0:55:06 Picks for the week 
01:10:20 MMA Heavyweight legend "Minotauro" starts his career in the WEF. John Perretti former UFC matchmaker
01:15:15 Japan MMA: Rings tournament: Babalu, Dan Henderson, Minotauro, Tamura
01:19:35 Wrapping it up
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