UFC 117 Results: Junior Dos Santos Earns Title Shot Defeating Roy Nelson
by Jonathan Snowden on Aug 7, 2010 10:34 PM EDT
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Junior dos Santos threw bomb after bomb at Roy "Big Country" Nelson, but as the punches landed, Nelson continued to come forward. Whether it was a layer of fat that allowed Nelson to survive (announcer Joe Rogan compared Nelson's gut to "wearing 20 sweaters") or just a granite chin and unquenchable will, the big man wouldn't quit.When the fight was over, dos Santos had his hand raised-but Roy Nelson earned more than a little respect. After a unanimous decision, Dos Santos is now next in line for a heavyweight title shot at the winner of Brock Lesnar-Cain Velaqsquez.
Nelson earned his position in the title eliminator bout mostly on force of personality. The former Ultimate Fighter winner had faced only middling competition prior to his fight with dos Santos, squaring off with Brendan Schaub and Stefan Struve. But his mullet, colorful interviews and everyman physique attracted a fan following.
Dos Santos, by contrast, faced a murder's row of MMA stars to earn his reputation as one of the world's top heavyweights. His first five fights in the Octagon all ended with a TKO, making dos Santos one of the most feared men in the sport.
Dos Santos called Nelson one of the toughest fighters in the world and said he'd be ready for his title shot.
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Good fight
"Vikings fucked Vikings for generation after generation and their warrior bloodlines were passed on, and this motherfucker living in the woods in Minnesota got the best of the best."
Start to a good night for Blackhouse?
I like Fedor, it’s just his fans that are intolerable...and his management.
Fight of the Night
how the hell did Arlovski KO Nelson?
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by Cory Braiterman on Aug 7, 2010 10:41 PM EDT reply actions
By having damn good stand up...
when his head was on straight.
I like Fedor, it’s just his fans that are intolerable...and his management.
Arlovski is obviously a much better striker than JDS.
;)
"I ain't got time to breath."
Watch Tosh.O
Pain don't hurt...
was
A much better striker. He got KO’d by bigfoot. That makes him not be as good
by Michael Jester Morse on Aug 7, 2010 10:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I thought he lost via decision
I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor/MC's be out like bank robbers/Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor/DJ the getaway driver/Tried to dip but he dive, I socialize on vocal vibes/On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives
by Anthony Pace on Aug 7, 2010 11:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
u might be right
Idc enough about sf hw to remember
by Michael Jester Morse on Aug 8, 2010 12:45 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
thank god
JDS is my favorite fighter and fought with a brain. He didn’t shane carwin it in the first
by Michael Jester Morse on Aug 7, 2010 10:43 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Uppercut Apocalypse
And you’re dead on in your analysis.
Walking the line between intelligence and ignorance since 1985
@deowade
According to Goldberg
it was an Uppercut Clinic.
I got home after this fight ended
And am watching in right now. JDS is a superhero. And Roy’s chin/heart is remarkable. Great writeup.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
I hope this quiets down the hype for Nelson being a world beater
The only thing he showed is he has an iron face. If you could beat the world with that then Randall “Tex” Cobb would have been the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
Now we don’t have to see Brian Mayes posting piles of hype about him every week. Oh wait, I am sure he has some good excuses for Roy right Brian?
JDS is good, but...
I didn’t see anything in this fight that makes me think JDS has a shot against Lesner/Cain.
Amazing how the little group of 4 and 5 guys that hype Nelson, make excuses for ALL his losses and posted relentless comments about how he was going to School JDS
Are nowhere to be found at the only Article about the outcome of the fight
And you know who you suddenly silent little buggers are
I picked Roy to win this, well kind of, I wouldn’t have bet money on it, but I thought he had a good chance, and posted as such. I was impressed with Roy’s ability to last, but that was about it, his standup consisted of throwing overhand rights and hoping for a connection. I’m not sure why he didn’t go for more takedowns early, when he still had gas in the tank. I guess I had a version of how this fight could possibly go (how I hoped), and how it was likely to go (the way it did).
Also, I was a little surprised at Dos Santos gas tank, he had to have been gassed as well or he would have put Roy away much sooner, when Roy started staggering and lowering his hands. Jr. just didn’t look like total ass when he got tired like Roy did.
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