Bo Nickal vs. Yoel Romero booked for RAF 16 after two failed attempts

Bo Nickal vs. Yoel Romero booked for RAF 16 after two failed attempts

Bo

Nickal and Yoel Romero

are scheduled to meet in a catchweight wrestling match at Real

American Freestyle 16 on Dec. 19 on Long Island, New York.

RAF announced the bout Tuesday after two previous bookings fell through. Nickal withdrew from their scheduled match at RAF 4 last December for undisclosed reasons. The promotion rebooked the matchup for RAF 5 in January, but Romero missed weight.

Nickal, 30, won three NCAA Division I wrestling titles at Penn State before moving to mixed martial arts in 2021. The Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight most recently wrestled for RAF in September, defeating 2008 Olympic gold…