UFC President Dana White has been very public about his disdain for UFC heavyweight Roy "Big Country" Nelson. White's constant comments about Nelson's weight and looks would likely get him sued if he was Nelson's boss in a normal 9-to-5 working environment. Imagine the backlash if White made similar comments about one of his female fighters. Read More »
The UFC held a media conference call Tuesday for their upcoming UFC 161 card taking place Saturday, June 15, at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Light heavyweight headliners Dan Henderson and "Suga" Rashad Evans, along with heavyweight co-headliners Roy "Big Country" Nelson and Stipe Miocic participated in the call. Read More »
Roy "Big Country" Nelson took time out following his open workout Wednesday at the MGM Grand to talk with ProMMAnow.com and other members of the media regarding his thoughts on TRT and steroids in MMA. Nelson also discussed potentially dropping to light heavyweight and how he felt about the last minute change in opponents for UFC 146. Nelson will now face Dave Herman as part of the UFC 146 main card on Saturday. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com reporter Joe Gugelman caught up with Roy "Big Country" Nelson following his win over Croatian legend Mirko Cro Cop Saturday night at UFC 137 in Las Vegas. Read More »
n anticipation of next week's UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill event scheduled for Saturday, May 28, in Las Vegas, the UFC held a conference call Thursday with the main and co-main event fighters. Read More »
Roy Nelson doesn't suck and Brock Lesnar isn't being a bully for showing interest in fighting MMA's round mound of entertainment. Yeah, I said it. Read More »
Showdown Entertainment is reporting a New Year's Day bout between Shane Carwin and Roy "Big Country" Nelson is being targeted for UFC 125. Read More »
"UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen" takes place tonight at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. It's the UFC's first visit to Oaktown and the card is absolutely stacked. Pro MMA Now will provide live results and play-by-play commentary during the event. Read More »
Steve Cofield talks to Roy Nelson following “UFC Fight Night 21″… and no, he doesn’t call him a “short fat guy” to his face, but inevitably the subject of Roy’s weight and physique has to come up. Nelson thinks Struve ... Read More »
“The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” winner Roy Nelson, UFC welterweight fighter Frank Trigg, and FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer join hosts Bas and Kenny on this week’s Inside MMA. The show takes a look at The Ultimate Fighter and the impact the ... Read More »
The UFC announced that Roy Nelson, Mark Bocek, Frankie Edgar and Matt Veach, each earned $25,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale. The event took place Saturday night at The Pearl at the Palms Casino ... Read More »
Well, its finally over folks, The Ultimate Fighter season 10 is now complete, and Roy “Big Country” Nelson (14-4, 1-0 UFC) was awarded the highly coveted six-figure contract with the UFC after knocking out Brendan Schaub (4-1, 0-1 UFC) Saturday ... Read More »
The Kimbo Season of The Ultimate Fighter is finally over. The finals featuring Roy Nelson and Brendan Schaub just ended. Check out some immediate reaction on that fight and the rest of the card. Roy Nelson vs. Brendan Schaub I ... Read More »
The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale weigh-ins took place on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Key West Ballroom at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. Both Matt Hamill and his opponent Jon Jones came in a the light heavyweight non-title limit of ... Read More »
ProMMA.info and Silver Star are teaming up yet again to bring you another great ProMMA.info pick ‘em contest for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale. This one will follow the same format as our two prior contests, comprised of five mini-contests. ... Read More »
Kimbo Slice and Houston Alexander prepare for a battle – A fight between two ex-street fighters will ensure excitement at TUF Heavyweights Finale on Saturday Dec. 5th at 9pm on Spike. More main card fighters share their thoughts after the ... Read More »
ProMMA.info participated in today’s The Ultimate Fighter season 10: Heavyweights Finale conference call featuring finalists Roy Nelson and Brendan Schaub, along with Kimbo Slice and Houston Alexander, who will also be fighting on the card. Whether it be from the ... Read More »
Well, that’s it folks. The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights final episode, a two-hour special, aired Wednesday night on Spike TV. They teased us with a possible Kimbo Slice come back until the very end, but he did not fight again after ... Read More »
Join Brian and Mike Thursday December 3 at 10 PM ET for the newest episode of The Cageside Beat, brought to you by the ProMMA.info Radio Network. Brian and Mike will be discussing this weekend’s TUF 10 Finale as well ... Read More »
Team Rashad has seven fighters left going into the quarterfinals and Rampage has one. Team Rashad fighters Justin Wren and Roy Nelson will be fighting each other in the first quarterfinal fight bout tonight. Roy and Justin are friends. Roy ... Read More »
UFC President Dana White had some interesting things to say about not only The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights cast, but about Roy Nelson in particular. First, White forgets Nelson’s name and refers to him as “the bodybuilder,” then proceeds to call ... Read More »
This past Wednesday the world saw “Big Country” Roy Nelson defeat Kimbo Slice in the highest rated Spike TV program of all time. Over five million viewers tuned in to see the big man take Kimbo down and totally incapacitate ... Read More »
