Set aside the fact that Roy Nelson looks like his DNA has been spliced with the Gummi Bear lineage. He is still the reigning IFL heavyweight champion and held perhaps one of the wildest looking belts in MMA (the studded snakeskin needs to make a comeback). If stomach mass was an accurate representation of MMA skill, the dude that runs the comic book shop next to my place would have been the linear super heavyweight champion for a decade now. For Roy Nelson, somehow this scientific anomaly is true and now with his contract finally settled by ZUFFA (you all remember how Roy Jones Jr. claimed that Nelson was under contract for him, right? Good, you've passed your MMA fan exam for today), he looks to prove that his waist size is congruent with his skill level of MMA.

Now reports are surfacing that Roy Nelson vs. Frank Mir is being targeted for UFC 130. Keep in mind that this event is the same card that is rumored to feature the Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard rematch and Rampage Jackson vs. Thiago Silva so get your $59.95 locked-and-loaded to leave your wallet come Memorial Day. [Source]

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+8 # synthsis 2011-01-07 15:11

The most important take-way from this article is this: THANK GOD WE ARE NOT SEEING MIR VS LESNAR III.

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0 # Guest 2011-01-07 15:13

Roy owns 2 of those wild looking belts.

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0 # radar 2011-01-07 16:33

this will/would be a great fight

we've all seen Nelson vs Mir in that BJJ video, so lets see who can put it all together the best.

I'd take Nelson by either UD or late TKO

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0 # Talengard 2011-01-07 17:50

This looks like a rough match-up for Mir; Nelson can out roll him, has better foot work, and knock out power. Mir has the cardio though, I wonder if he can put up a pace that Big Country can't keep up with because I doubt he has the power to rock him.

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+1 # 1251 2011-01-07 18:13

More Nelson is never a bad thing.

I think his Country Zombie performance against JDS should have bamped him up to the Frate Train(speaking of, where the fuck is it now?), but hopefully a submission or KO against Mir will do it.

This card is looking particularly bad ass in nature, if I do say so myself.

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0 # Guest 2011-01-07 18:42

If Mir comes out the way he did against Cro Cop, then Nelson is definitely taking this one by TKO.

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+1 # Sambro 2011-01-08 12:38

They both have a comparable ground game, so I see this one as a striking match. Mir will need another knee to the head to KO big country.

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0 # Guest 2011-01-09 12:19

Nelson's ground game is way better and so is his striking.
only thing Mir has is that he's put on alot of muscle since the grappling match, only way he'll take this is by using that to overpower and bully roy.. which i could see happening but i'll stick to nelson by K.O early in the 2nd

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+2 # Guest 2011-01-09 13:31

Nelson by bellyplata

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0 # BobD 2011-01-08 13:07

The best thing about this news is it makes JDS v Carwin just that much more likely..

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-1 # Guest 2011-01-09 08:27

mir and nelson are almost like frankie and maynard, same background, same strinking, only difference is conditioning and speed along with striking strenght, i am voting for Mir but i am afraid as this one can go either way, you all say if JDS couldnt knock him out how can mir, but in the sport what have we learned, anything is possible so i wouldnt count that out even if its almost impossible, but we will see, lets all just hope it wont be a boring match

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