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Slow your roll! Former UFC champ tells Bo Nickal to wait for top contenders

Henry Cejudo wants to see more from Bo Nickal.

Though Nickal earned his first UFC win with a first-round submission of Jamie Pickett at UFC 285 this past Saturday, Cejudo saw some areas that could use an adjustment or two. And those adjustments should happen before the three-time NCAA Division I National Champion gets paired against the upper echelon of his division.

“There’s a huge hype train going around with Bo Nickal,” said Cejudo on his official YouTube channel. “I did see some — obviously, he did win, but I also saw a little difference in him, too, because he did struggle to get that takedown.