In an interview with Bloody Elbow’s Duane Finley, Roy Nelson predicted that Brock Lesnar would not end up fighting Junior Dos Santos at UFC 131…all the way back on Jan.uary 21.
Don’t start bombarding Nelson on Twitter for the daily lottery numbers just yet since he didn’t predict that Lesnar would have his second bout with diverticulitis around this time.
Still, Nelson made some very intriguing predictions and assessments regarding the UFC heavyweight scene as the month of January was winding down.
He started the interview off by stating that “I think Brock Lesnar is done for.” Nelson then explained this rational by saying:
“I think Brock doing The Ultimate Fighter is one way to basically take a situation and make it win-win for him. I think Lesnar doing the show is a way to introduce Junior Dos Santos to the American fan base in the way the show does.”
That’s an interesting take on the coaching selection for season 13 of the show, and “Big Country” had plenty more to say from there:
“TUF introduces ‘stars in the making’ to the casual UFC fan and while JDS is the number one contender he still needs some help with the American fan base. So the conspiracy basically comes down to the fact that Shane Carwin has no one to fight in June.”
So Nelson had some knowledge about a UFC conspiracy, huh? And while Carwin eventually had a fight scheduled for UFC 131…Jon Olav Einemo was basically the same as fighting no one as far as a good portion of MMA fans were concerned.
“I think Brock Lesnar will walk off the TUF set and then Carwin will take his spot or Frank Mir will come in to “save the day” and fight JDS for title contention.”
For those that are really behind, Nelson is set to take on Frank Mir on the main card of UFC 130 at the end of the month. Big Country explains why Mir could still be a relevant heavyweight draw.
“The reason I believe Frank would be the guy is because Mir is coming off a win and I was already supposed to fight Shane so fans were already hyped to see it.”
Next, Nelson actually asserts that there is a good possibility that Carwin will face Dos Santos, while he will end up facing off against Mir.
“Or Carwin could move in to face JDS and I could still face Frank but it doesn’t really matter to me as to who fights who because all that really matters is the fans want to see me fight somebody.”
Nelson concluded with “A lot of things could happen over the next six weeks but it seems a bit off that Carwin doesn’t have an opponent right now and all of the top heavyweights are spoken for.”
It is probably not productive to ask Big Country about the truth to the world ending on May 21 of this year, but it is tough to argue that he made some pretty good calls about the UFC heavyweight scene back in the earlier part of this year.
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