Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve in the Works for UFC Fight Night 21
by Nick Thomas on Jan 14, 2010 6:37 PM EST
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According to fightersonlymagazine.co.uk:
The fight is set to take place at UFC Fight Night 21 in North Carolina and at least one of the fighters is understood to have returned a signed bout agreement.
Roy Nelson (15-4)
Win Brendan Schaub - Knock Out TUF 10 FINALE Dec-5-2009 1 3:45
Stefan Struve (23-3)
Win Paul Buentello - Majority Decision UFC 107 Dec-12-2009 3 5:00
Win Chase Gormley - Submission (Choke) UFC 104 Oct-24-2009 1 4:04
UFC Fight Night 21 now includes:
- Nate Quarry vs. Jorge Rivera
- Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve
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I bet Darrill Schoonover really wants Yarborough to make a comeback.
Sorry, he Jason Bourned me.
by MMAussie on Jan 14, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
C3P0 vs R2D2
Keep firing Assholes!
Melvin Manhoff is my favorite fighter.
by Ubernoober on Jan 14, 2010 6:41 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
so you’re saying Struve is annoyingly gay?
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by Anthony Pace on Jan 14, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
3PO is a whiny bia. R2 is the real deal, whereas 3PO just gets in the way. i don’t care how many languages he understands
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by Anthony Pace on Jan 14, 2010 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
I like this match. Nelson takes though.
by snakecharmer1340 on Jan 14, 2010 6:42 PM EST reply actions
if buentello couldn’t, roy won’t be able to. Its not like he has a glass jaw, he just got fed to JDS too early
by Austin Martin on Jan 14, 2010 7:08 PM EST up reply actions
And while dos Santos was hurting him he wasn’t ever out cold. His chin is actually very solid.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 14, 2010 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
I thought Fight Night 21 was the Versus card, with Vera/Jones and Dos Santos/Gonzaga. I thought Fight Night 22 was the card before the TUF 11 Premiere…. IDK I’m confused.
I read Charlotte somewhere but I don’t think it was confirmed.
by lascreenwriter on Jan 14, 2010 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
The Bobcats have a home game that night so idk. I am hoping it’s Raleigh, Hurricanes will be out of town.
by Rusty Trombone on Jan 14, 2010 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
Nope, for all Struve’s natural talent, Nelson is too much for him on the ground.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
Nelson's strength on the ground is control
not necessarily submission defense. If a scramble leaves him in a bad spot, he could get caught.
I don't think Renzo hands out black belts
for control alone.
by Scott Haber on Jan 14, 2010 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
And that black belt looks very nice with his gold crown.
by ufc4 on Jan 14, 2010 11:35 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I’m rooting for Roy only because I want to see that asshole get DEMOLISHED by a top contender like JDS.
by Polyh3dron on Jan 14, 2010 7:02 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Roy Nelson by TKO
He’s going to overpower Struve on the ground.
If by overpower, you mean
use The Buddha to suffocate Struve prior to working some really weird-ass submission, I think you’re probably right.
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
Dammit. I like both these guys and don’t want to see either of them lose.
by thekiltedwonder on Jan 14, 2010 7:26 PM EST reply actions
nelson is a lovable dbag, but struve is the MAN. If we went back to the comments from the liveblog of his last fight, i remember every saying after the postfight how sweet he was.
by Austin Martin on Jan 14, 2010 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
3-5 years from now
I can see a Struve vs. JDS rematch for a title. They each should have at least 7 more years in their careers, and fans love both of them.
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I agree
Struve is hopefully going to have a long and successful career in the UFC. and im a Big ‘Big Country’ fan as well
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by B-A-N-A-N-A-S on Jan 14, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
from my complete novice view point...
I think that struve might be able to get the leverage to reverse R2D2 on the ground… i think struve might be a surprise here…
on the contrary, i think their ground skills will cancel out, and nelson won’t be able to handle the reach… If Struve keeps improving as much as we saw him last time, I think he’ll take this and get to medium high HW contender status.
by Austin Martin on Jan 14, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
thats what i was getting @ i havnt seen roy dominate taller strong guys that have some decent skills on the ground; he smothers smaller guys who cant either over power his mass or leverage it to move him…
i see knees and jabs coming nelsons way.
Guys with Struve's body type tend to have relatively poor upper body strength
See Durant, Kevin.
I don’t think Struve has the explosive strength to get the big belly off him.
Well…Kevin Durant and his well covered lack of desire to work on his strength is a bit different from a guy in Struve whose body we’ve seen get bigger over the past few fights
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 14, 2010 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
gravitational pull?
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by Anthony Pace on Jan 14, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
I’d tap out
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by Anthony Pace on Jan 14, 2010 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
Tidal forces
exerted on the moisture in Struve’s body, resulting in the following?
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
More excellent matchmaking
It would be a huge notch in Struve’s belt to submit Roy and I hope he’s worked on some of his wonky striking and gliding around on his feet. He’s got a totally underrated chin, is getting bigger by the card and if he can learn to use that length with some competent striking, he’s going to be a fucking monster. I’m going to make a ballsy, early choice here and say Struve by Bermuda Triangle (okay, I’m mostly saying this because I’ve been trying to get that to catch on).
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
I cant wait to see capt. flubber do his thing
I rooted for Roy Nelson throughout the whole ultimate fighter. I think there is no way Struve comes away with a submission in this fight. Roy Nelson is a jiu jitsu black belt.
He's also submitted a BJJ BB once already in his career
Mr. Mario Neto:
Mario obtained a black belt under the able guidance of Carlson Gracie. Most of Brazil’s top fighters hail from this gym. Some of the them were Murilo Bustamante , Paulo Filho, Vitor Belfort and Mario Sperry. He then joined the Top Brazilian Team and for two years trained with them. From there he fought in Russia. He also became the head coach at Wolfslair. Some of the ranks he has earned over the years embrace the Judo black belt, BJJ black belt, three-time Brazilian champion in BJJ, International Master Seniors BJJ, and the also heavyweight champion of the WAFC.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 14, 2010 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
Neto was also submitted by Justin McCully
so I don’t think his BJJ translated very well to MMA ;)
by Scott Haber on Jan 14, 2010 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
If I remember correctly, Neto was pretty darn gassed.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Jan 15, 2010 12:39 AM EST up reply actions
So is Roli Delgado
Roy’s grappling credentials are much more impressive than Struve’s.
And yes yes, BJJ competition is not the same as MMA…but I still think there’s no way Struve comes close to submitting Roy. Then again, I would have said the same thing about Mackens Semerzier and Wagnney Fabiano, so who knows?
by Scott Haber on Jan 14, 2010 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
I predict that Struve's length
will be somewhat marginalized by Roy’s width. Which makes me chuckle a little bit.
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I think Roy has better striking, wrestling, and jiu jitsu than struve but man is that reach advantage going to make it hard for him to show that. Tough fight for Roy.
Although i have been saying that Roy needs to start towards the top of the division and this fight is definately in the skill level range that i wanted.
rec’d for hardcore historical reference
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by Anthony Pace on Jan 15, 2010 5:47 AM EST up reply actions
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