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While Roy Nelson is currently slated to fight Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis on July 7th<\/a> in a co-main event scrap, Nelson can’t help but wish he could fight more frequently.<\/p>\n

After a 12 year professional career, and 16 fights under the UFC banner at the age of 40, Nelson is one of the most recognizable heavyweights on the UFC roster.<\/p>\n

He spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a> to explain that if he got his way, he would be fighting every other month:<\/p>\n

\u201cMe personally, if I could fight every other month, that\u2019d be great. I\u2019d be the Donald Cerrone of the heavyweight division. But they don\u2019t allow me to fight like that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nelson is coming off a unanimous decision win over Jared Rosholt<\/a> back in February. The win snapped Nelson’s 3-fight losing streak. On July 7th, he will look to build on the win over Rosholt and defeat Lewis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Roy Nelson is currently slated to fight Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis on July 7th in a co-main event scrap, Nelson can’t help but wish he could fight more frequently. 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