Roy Nelson's latest attempt at getting the internet fans all fired up.
In other news: Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve is now signed and official for UFN 21, according to MMA Junkie.
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this is a fight i'm interested in. short chubby guy vs tall lean guy.
i’ll take struve by submission.
i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"
by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 2, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
you really think struve can sub nelson who is one of the top HW grapplers who sub’d Mir?
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everytime i see struve he keeps getting better.
why not.
i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"
by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 2, 2010 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
If someone was going to get submitted in this fight
I’d bet a lot of money on it being Roy submitting Struve.
Nelson did NOT submit Mir
He beat him on points. Nothing personal…I’m just annoyed with folks constantly referring to Nelson submitting Mir at a grappling tournament when it never happened.
He submited Vera and then beat Mir and Diego on points in a one-day tournament.
by Scott Haber on Feb 2, 2010 4:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sorry, confused the MIr and Vera matches. Either way, his credentials can’t be passed over. Mir, Vera, and Diego are all tops.
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Oh, certainly
I didn’t mean to take away from Nelson’s grappling credentials…I just wanted to correct an error that’s pretty common on MMA sites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dj5xMeXybs
For anyone interested in seeing the match they also have the Sanchez vs Nelson one. I wish I could find footage from Nelson vs Vera because unless my memory fails me he won via double kneebar.
I saw the Mir vs Nelson grappling match, and Mir was dominating until it looked like he just gassed.
Well to be fair, even competing against Mir in a grappling tourney is impressive.
Giving Shogun his props. I had the fight 48-47 Machida but Shogun put up a monumental performance and I am honored to have seen it in person.
competing?
Sure, but he also won by a 15-2 score if memory serves.
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by Cory Braiterman on Feb 2, 2010 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
Great test for Struve.
Nelson is brilliant on the ground, but that’s also been Struve’s forte so far. Will Struve learn from the Buentello fight and not be so reckless on his feet? Roy has a lot more power than you’d think from looking at him.
I think Nelson has to be the favourite in this fight.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I think Nelson has to be the favourite in this fight.
If I were making a line for this fight I’d go Nelson -165, Struve +135
Giving Shogun his props. I had the fight 48-47 Machida but Shogun put up a monumental performance and I am honored to have seen it in person.
Further apart. Nelson has power in his strikes and Struve showed that he doesn’t know how to use his reach to keep a smaller striker away from him. Nelson is very hard to take down, and has an advantage in skill on the ground. And for all Struve’s length provides him with opportunities for triangles, armbars, etc., against a skilled power grappler (who is likely to rotund for even Struve to put in a body triangle), his length will also be a disadvantage in that there’s more of him to grab ahold of. Struve will have to make a major jump in skill from his last fight to this one to have a chance.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
by AJB on Feb 3, 2010 6:39 AM EST up reply actions
once struve gains 40 lbs he'll be a force
hes just too skinny and weak at this point
struve took a solid shot to the face from buentello and was knocked down and then recovered
and won the fight. i don’t think roy nelson can hit as hard a p.b imo. i say s. struve by triangle choke. i think struve will be more of an +175.
i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"
by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 2, 2010 5:53 PM EST up reply actions
Curious to see how Struve’s submission game fares against Nelson’s great top control. Also curious to see if Struve’s striking has evolved to use his considerable reach as to be effective against an underrated striker like Nelson.
Giving Shogun his props. I had the fight 48-47 Machida but Shogun put up a monumental performance and I am honored to have seen it in person.
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for trolling. Roy Nelson should be banned.
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Roy Nelson is the best troll
Struve really needs to escape the clutches of Dirty Bob and join Golden Glory. Definitely an intriguing bit of matchmaking, should be a really fun fight no matter where it goes.
Roy Nelson is the best troll
Chael Sonnen has him beat.
No one can whip an internet feeding frenzy like Sonnen.
No way he should ditch the GG training regime. That scrawny frame just screams for horsemeat.
by WanderleiNoooooo! on Feb 2, 2010 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
wish he was fighting toney
i wanna see toney get submitted via bellyfat
Yes
I would def like to see Toney get stuck in a belly crucifix and have the ref stop the fight due to Roy’s chinese water torture punches.
Mark it 8 Dude.
by Earl Montclair on Feb 2, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
There would be more rolls in that fight than there is at the bakery.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
by AJB on Feb 3, 2010 6:40 AM EST up reply actions
check out the pic I posted at the bottom of the page
"Pure as we begin
Here we have a stone
Throw to stay the stranger
Swore to crush his bones
Move by will alone "
I always get the impression Roy tries to be this funny fat dude.
Instead, he’s just a fat dude. Skilled, but not funny.
You have to be the man... you have to be very, like, alpha male with her. You know? Decide what you do and everything. So, show her who's the boss, you know? - GSP
I imagine it will look something like this...
"Pure as we begin
Here we have a stone
Throw to stay the stranger
Swore to crush his bones
Move by will alone "
I’m a huge Struve fan. When I heard he signed with the UFC I knew we were in for some exciting submissions. The dude’s young and talented. I think he has something like 14 out of 17 or 18 wins by submission. But in his earlier fights he was too reminiscent of Corey Hill. Too tall and not enough muscle mass. And it’s shown in the Dos Santos fight and most recently in the Buentello fight. Although he did look a little bit bigger against Paul. He’s since said he will be adding more mass and that will only make him that much more dangerous. Check out some of his fights on mmalinker.com. His submissions are some of the slickest possible at HW. I fully expect struve to take what ever Fatboy has to give, provided Roy can get in close enough, and to dish out enough to either TKO Roy or get him to the ground and take his back for the RNC.
"Pure as we begin
Here we have a stone
Throw to stay the stranger
Swore to crush his bones
Move by will alone "
If Struve can take Nelson’s back and keep it, I’ll eat my hat.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
by AJB on Feb 3, 2010 6:41 AM EST up reply actions
You’ll be eating that hat unless Struve makes the same mistake he did against P.B. and try for the RNC with HIS back against the cage. He does that and Struve’s not submitting anyone.
"Pure as we begin
Here we have a stone
Throw to stay the stranger
Swore to crush his bones
Move by will alone "
That was pretty embarassing seeing a talented submission artist not realized he won’t get the submission being as tall and lankey as he is while going for the RNC with his back against the cage.
"Pure as we begin
Here we have a stone
Throw to stay the stranger
Swore to crush his bones
Move by will alone "
I like Struve, but you’re way undervaluing Roy’s grappling.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
by AJB on Feb 3, 2010 7:09 AM EST up reply actions
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