Bo Nickal vs. Rodolfo Vieira is the latest bout confirmed for UFC 322.
Bo Nickal is coming off his first loss in his professional career. The UFC Middleweight suffered a TKO loss to Reinier de Ridder at UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo. Despite the stunned loss, Nickal has been slowly rising through the UFC ranks thanks to his impressive wins over Jamie Pickett (by submission at UFC 285), Val Woodburn (by TKO at UFC 290), and Cody Brundage (by submission at UFC 300). Nickal came in through Dana White’s Contender Series and has won four of his fights by submission and two of them by TKO. Bo Nickal’s professional record currently stands at 7 wins and 1 loss.
His opponent, Rodolfo Vieira, is fresh off a rebound against Tresean Gore at UFC on ESPN: Taira vs. Park. His loss to Andre Petroski (by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues) shattered a solid two fight winning streak that saw him get amazing submission wins over Armen Petrosyan (at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer) and Cody Brundage (at UFC on ESPN: Song vs. Simón). Vieira’s record has been a mixed bag since making his debut in 2019; his professional record currently stands at 11 wins and 3 loses.
The middleweight bout just adds onto a stacked Madison Square Garden where two title fights will headline the historic show. In the co-main event, Zhang Weili vacated the UFC Strawweight Title to fight Valentina Shevchenko for the Women’s Flyweight title. In the main event, Islam Makhachev vacated the UFC Lightweight Championship to take on Jack Della Maddalena for the UFC Middleweight title on November 15.
UFC 322 is really shaping up to be a special card. The full card hasn't been confirmed just yet, though the prelimnary bouts show be made official in a couple of weeks since the pay-per-view is next month. Below the full lineup of fights confirmed for UFC 322 in Madison Square Garden:
MAIN EVENT: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev - UFC Lightweight Championship
CO-MAIN EVENT: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili - UFC Women's Flyweight Championship
Leon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates
Erin Blanchfield vs. Tracy Cortez
Roman Kopylov vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Bo Nickal vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Baisangur Susurkaev vs. Eric McConico