Having been withdrawn from the co-main event of the New Years day UFC 125: Resolution event, Roy “Big Country” Nelson (15-5) plans to take some more time off to recover from knee surgery earlier this fall.
There had been talk of facing another opponent at the UFC 125 event after his original opponent Shane Carwin withdrew do to a back injury, one of the big names that stood out was recently defeated heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar.
Lesnar has received a lot of criticism for asking to face Nelson next but “Big Country” supports the former champs choice and thinks fans would love to see this matchup.
“Brock is getting slack for asking to fight me because people think he should get a rematch. I don’t know if the powers that be want to see otherwise but it really just comes down to the MMA media wanting hits on their website by taking shots at Brock. You would never see anyone of these writers ask Brock to his face why he balls up when he gets punched just as you wouldn’t see them asking me why I’m considered as a lackluster challenge for him. In a sense it’s just like when Fedor lost. As soon as he was defeated here came the storm of how he is washed up and done for…Dana White even did it. At the end of the day you are going to win some and lose some but the marker of a champion is how many times you can get back up. I think it’s great that Brock wants to fight me. It would be a great matchup and I believe the fans want to see it so let’s make it happen. I don’t care if it is in the UFC or the WWE…let’s just get down to it.”
Check out the full interview with Nelson at BloodyElbow.com.