Who Is Bo Nickal’s Wife Maddie Holmberg? Kids, Profession and All About the UFC Star’s Partner

Dana White and the UFC seem to have quite big expectations for the 5-0 prospect, Bo Nickal who joined the promotion a year back. He will be taking on Cody Brundage at UFC 300. Though Nickal has had only 5 professional fights in his career, he finished all 5 fights in the first round.

However, considering that Nickal is quite new to the promotion, there are still quite a lot of fans who don’t seem to know who the undefeated prospect is outside of the octagon. Here is a little information about the middleweight’s personal life/family.

Bo Nickal’s wife Maddie Holmberg: How did the two meet?

The undefeated UFC middleweight was born on January 14, 1996, in Rifle Colorado. Nickal has quite an accomplished background in wrestling, having won three NCAA Division 1 championships. The 27-year-old has also won the Hodge trophy while in college at Penn State. It was during his time here that he met his future wife, Maddie Holmberg.

Both Nickal and Maddie Holmberg met each other in class as they were both Kinesiology majors. The two would hang out around the same group of people and they found a spark between each other.  It was reported that Bo Nickal proposed to Maddie in the New Year of 2020 and the two officially tied the knot later that year.

But despite all of Nickal’s credentials with his sports background, he isn’t the only one in the marriage who has a credible background in sports.

What does Maddie Holmberg do?

While in college, Maddie Holmberg was reported to have been an elite track and field athlete who was even a three-time first-team all-American. Holmberg was also a Big Ten champion in Heptathlon and pentathlon.

She took up kinesiology and psychology and now works as a dietitian who works to help other former female athletes with their nutrition. She also seems to have a coaching program, which she gladly introduced back in May of 2023.

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Do Bo Nickal and Maddie Holmberg have kids together?

Around the first week of August 2023, Maddie Holmberg announced that she and Nickal were pregnant with their first child after almost two years of marriage. Holmberg revealed the news by posting a story on her Instagram account.

Four months later, around December, Nickal posted a picture on his Instagram account, revealing his firstborn son, Ace, to his fans across the world. “We are very grateful to welcome our first son Ace to the world. My wife @maddienickal is absolutely amazing and I appreciate her so much…,” the 28-year-old wrote.

Maddie Holmberg’s athletic records

It is worth noting that Maddie Holmberg isn’t just a mere dietician and mother, but she is also a sportsperson herself with a highly impressive athletic resume. Holmberg was named one of the top collegiate athletes in the country three times, having excelled in track and field at Penn State, where she won the Big Ten championships in both the heptathlon and pentathlon. In fact, she became Penn State’s second-ever Big Ten champion in pentathlon.

Holmberg demonstrated her versatility across various events, setting personal bests in a long jump of 6.37m, a 4×200 meters relay time of 1:35.59, and a heptathlon score of 5,976 points all in 2018! Her season’s best performances include an 8.56-second run in the 60-meter hurdles, a pentathlon short track score of 4,228 points, a long jump of 6.13m, and an 800-meter time of 2:18.06.

Holmberg’s remarkable achievements have earned her a place in Penn State’s record books, holding the heptathlon school record with 5,976 points and ranking second all-time in the pentathlon with 4,274 points. She has frequently placed among the top challengers on the national level, including impressive finishes at the NCAA Championships and Big Ten Championships. So, it’s no surprise that Holmberg is now assisting former female athletes with their diet by providing coaching programs, which she started in May 2023.

At UFC 309, Nickal will enter the cage, knowing he has the comfort and support of a loving family back home. Will that motivate him enough to get the job done? Do you think Bo Nickal will maintain his undefeated streak at the historic UFC event? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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