Roy Nelson Talks Special Treatment On Kimbo

snakerattle79 · Oct 2, 2009

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2009/09/roy-nelson-tuf-episode-3/1?csp=34

You pretty much spent the last 30 seconds of the first round hitting him with your left hand, with him helpless underneath you; it was a little reminiscent of the James Thompson fight. How surprised were you that the fight wasn't stopped in the first round before the bell?

Roy Nelson: I was surprised. You could even see me yelling at Herb Dean, "Come on, ref."

But the thing is, there's a lot of people; there's a lot of money. Kimbo's the only one that I know that had an entourage there; he actually had his family there, his management, while the rest of us kind of had to suffer. The UFC made, we'll say, different concessions for Kimbo. I think he had a media room.

Kimbo's definitely, I guess we'll say, special. I don't see the specialness fighting-wise, but more for TV-wise. He puts butts in the seats.

So I think it was more that Herb Dean was afraid to lose his job, because there's a lot of people with a lot of money that can have a lot of influence with his career.
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PolishPummler · Oct 2, 2009

Dana oh so badly wants to milk the man he called a circus act.

scurlaruntings · Oct 2, 2009

Like i said WWE. Dana has no credibility whatsoever. He danced all over EliteXC's grave and never had a good word to say about Shaw or Kimbo. Now he's carried on from where he's left off and it looks like Kimbo will be in the UFC.

snakey112 · Oct 2, 2009

dana is such a hypocrite

chuffy · Oct 2, 2009

Thanks Snakerattle.

snakerattle79 · Oct 2, 2009

http://mma.fanhouse.com/2009/10/01/...inging-after-beating-kimbo-slice-on-tuf/#cont

What did Dana say to you after the fight?

Roy Nelson: I think he wasn't happy with that fight. I mean, everybody was really mad. Kimbo's whole entourage was there, which was kind of funny since we are all supposed to be isolated, but Kimbo actually had his whole fan base, the whole 305 over there. There's definitely some favoritism already built up there. Whatever. But they simply said to me that I have a better skill set than Kimbo, which I don't know if it's true. I'm just a fat guy. I'm going to go with one of my favorite sponsors, TapouT, [and say] I'm just bad for the sport.

Did you get the impression that the people working on the show were upset that Kimbo lost?

Roy Nelson: I'll tell you the executive producer of The Ultimate Fighter was very upset. He doesn't know fighting, he was just like, 'Oh, there goes my cash cow.'

Back to Kimbo's entourage, how many people were actually there because I didn't notice any extra people around?

Roy Nelson: Actually, if you go back and actually look at the clips, they are actually behind where Dana, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta are. There's his entourage screaming 305. I mean, I didn't really get to see it because I was concentrating on the fight, but everybody kind of told me about it, and I was like, 'What?' I think he really did have a media room in the house because there was one door in our bedroom where it was locked all the time.

Really?

Roy Nelson: I don't know if he had an iPhone, but he definitely wasn't on the same contract as everybody else.

Was there any resentment in the house because of this?

Roy Nelson: No, we just had a list in the house, and we made sure we ordered food on his list because we knew Kimbo would get it.

Did his entourage come to the house?

Roy Nelson: Not actually at the house, but the fact that they could even show up was pretty, I guess, ballsy, I would say. It's kind of insulting.

So it bugged you?

Roy Nelson: Just that from what you're told and then what you see is totally different, yeah. It's very insulting when you think you have to put your life on hold for six weeks, and it's not really that.
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LB3000 · Oct 2, 2009

Its hardly surprising, I still find it hard to believe he got 'nothing' for coming on TUF.

scurlaruntings · Oct 2, 2009

LB3000 said: ↑

Its hardly surprising, I still find it hard to believe he got 'nothing' for coming on TUF.
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The hell he got nothing.

LB3000 · Oct 2, 2009

scurlaruntings said: ↑

The hell he got nothing.
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I'm also sure he got 'nothing' for all the media apperances/interviews he has done for TUF/UFC. :yep :nut

ufoalf · Oct 2, 2009

Roy IS bad for the sport. If a ****er like that was a UFC HW champ, it would be a ****ing joke. People are laughing at WWE Lesnar, what would happen if world's first pregnant man was the champ?
Also, those punches, my 6y.o. cousin will take that **** and would sit there all day. Nelson isn't going any where in this sport, sorry buddy, if you even get out of TUF I'll be surprised.

scurlaruntings · Oct 2, 2009

Roy is a joke as an individual and a fighter. He's simply crap. I dont know where on earth he's going with that belly but im sure he could probably make 185 maybe 170 at a push. And this guy was the IFL's champ?!?! Boy o boy..

chuffy · Oct 2, 2009

scurlaruntings said: ↑

Roy is a joke as an individual and a fighter. He's simply crap. I dont know where on earth he's going with that belly but im sure he could probably make 185 maybe 170 at a push. And this guy was the IFL's champ?!?! Boy o boy..
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Wow, that bad, Scurla? You really don't rate him at all? Your attacks are brutal!

WiDDoW_MaKeR · Oct 2, 2009

Why does anyone give a **** about gossip like this? Who the **** cares? I watch MMA for the fights, and I love how the UFC gives the fans what they want. I can't understand how some of you bitter people just sit around all day bitching and complaining about how certain fighters are payed, or some random Dana White remark, ect.... For ****'s sake you guys are starting to act like chicks.

jimmie · Oct 2, 2009

WiDDoW_MaKeR said: ↑

Why does anyone give a **** about gossip like this? Who the **** cares? I watch MMA for the fights, and I love how the UFC gives the fans what they want. I can't understand how some of you bitter people just sit around all day bitching and complaining about how certain fighters are payed, or some random Dana White remark, ect.... For ****'s sake you guys are starting to act like chicks.
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:rofl :good

TheBradyHawkes · Oct 2, 2009

Those punches he was throwing while he had Kimbo down in the 1st were doing nothing. No power in them. You won the fight you fat *******, quit whining.

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