Roy Nelson
“Big Country”
HeavyweightInactive
Career record
22–14–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
9–10–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
8KO0SUB1DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
1KO0SUB9DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1976-06-20 · age 50
- Height
- 6′ 0″ (72 in)
- Reach
- 73 in
- Leg reach
- 44 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- Las Vegas, United States
- Gym / team
- Country Club
- Octagon debut
- 2009-12-05
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 2.18
- Striking accuracy
- 36%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 4.79
- Striking defence
- 46%
- Takedown average
- 1.14
- Takedown accuracy
- 27%
- Takedown defence
- 65%
- Submission average
- 0.10
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
19 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-15 | Alexander Volkov | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis |
| 2016-09-24 | Antonio Silva | Win | TKO · R2 · 4:10 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg |
| 2016-07-07 | Derrick Lewis | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez |
| 2016-02-06 | Jared Rosholt | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson |
| 2015-09-26 | Josh Barnett | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson |
| 2015-03-14 | Alistair Overeem | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos |
| 2014-09-20 | Mark Hunt | Loss | TKO · R2 · 3:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson |
| 2014-04-11 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Win | TKO · R1 · 3:37 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson |
| 2013-10-19 | Daniel Cormier | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3 |
| 2013-06-15 | Stipe Miocic | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 161: Evans vs Henderson |
| 2013-04-27 | Cheick Kongo | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:03 | Heavyweight | UFC 159: Jones vs Sonnen |
| 2012-12-15 | Matt Mitrione | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:58 | Heavyweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale |
| 2012-05-26 | Dave Herman | Win | TKO · R1 · 0:51 | Heavyweight | UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir |
| 2012-02-04 | Fabricio Werdum | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit |
| 2011-10-29 | Mirko Filipovic | Win | TKO · R3 · 1:30 | Heavyweight | UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz |
| 2011-05-28 | Frank Mir | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill |
| 2010-08-07 | Junior Dos Santos | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen |
| 2010-03-31 | Stefan Struve | Win | TKO · R1 · 0:39 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi |
| 2009-12-05 | Brendan Schaub | Win | TKO · R1 · 3:45 | Heavyweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 19 rows in the archive list Roy Nelson as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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