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Dana White says UFC 166′s Roy Nelson has persecution complex

BAD MMA News — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:30:00 +0000

Roy Nelson is always a pain in the butt when it comes to negotiations, no matter what time you catch him, according to his frequent promotional antagonist, Dana White. The UFC president sarcastically said he had an “awesome” time negotiating a new deal with the UFC heavyweight after his previous contract ran out this past month. “It’s never easier or harder,” White said. “It’s just the same.” A continuing feature of Nelson negotiations, according to White, is an earful from the fighter about how the promotion is mistreating him. “Roy has this belief that we won’t give him a title shot,” White said. “We just won’t do it.” The executive’s counterargument to that is that Nelson has, in fact, been given opportunities to earn a title shot.

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USA TODAY: UFC 161′s Roy Nelson says ‘the Roy Nelson business doing very well’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:30:00 +0000

(This story appeared in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) Roy Nelson has a theory as to why UFC President Dana White doesn’t like him. “I think he’s star-struck,” Nelson (19-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC), who has been criticized by White for everything from his ragged, everyman appearance to his negotiating tactics, told USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “Some people get flustered when a bigger star is in the room.” It’s unclear if Nelson, 36, a heavyweight who goes by the nickname “Big Country” and who proudly sports both a beer belly and a bedraggled beard, meant that remark literally or if he even meant it at all. Judging by his reluctance to give straight answers to direct questions, that seems to be the way Nelson likes it. But as Nelson heads into a bout with fellow heavyweight Stipe Miocic (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at UFC 161 in Winnipeg on Saturday (pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET), his relationship with White and the UFC appears to be as big a threat to his career as any opponent. According to White and Nelson’s manager, Mike Kogan, the fight against Miocic is the last on Nelson’s contract. Although Nelson says he doesn’t know whether that is the case — “I have people for that,” he says — he doesn’t deny White’s assertion that he has declined the UFC’s offer of an extension.

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UFC 161′s Roy Nelson says Daniel Cormier turned down fight offer

BAD MMA News — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:30:00 +0000

Heavyweight Roy Nelson is never one to shy away from stirring the pot, and today during a conference call in support of next week’s UFC 161 event, he did that a few times. Nelson (19-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC), a frequent antagonist of UFC President Dana White, fights Stipe Miocic (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at the June 15 event. Today he took a shot at his UFC stablemates as he talked about the portly, shaggy appearance that his UFC boss counts as one of several gripes with the fighter. “I don’t know if it works in my favor,” Nelson said. “It’s just people that tend to be in our sport tend to abuse performance-enhancing drugs, so that’s the reason why I probably don’t look like the typical UFC fighter. Later asked to explain why he is fighting Miocic instead of potential opponent Daniel Cormier (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at next week’s pay-per-view event, Nelson threw another sideways jab and hinted that Cormier turned down a proposed bout.

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