{"id":301861,"date":"2019-02-15T06:22:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T14:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=301861"},"modified":"2019-02-15T06:22:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T14:22:47","slug":"roy-nelson-says-doctors-have-made-mirko-cro-cop-better-and-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/roy-nelson-says-doctors-have-made-mirko-cro-cop-better-and-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Nelson says doctors have made Mirko Cro Cop &#8216;better and stronger&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Saturday, at Bellator 216, Roy Nelson and Mirk Cro Cop will collide for a second time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time around, Nelson expects Cro Cop to be a different fight than he was at the time of their first meeting, which occurred at UFC 137 in 2011. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelson has previously stated that he feels Cro Cop might be getting some illicit help from his doctors, and when asked by MMA Fighting&#8217;s Danny Segura whether he still thinks the Croatian legend is using PEDs, he did not beat around the bush. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bellator 216: Roy Nelson Says Mirko Cro Cop&#039;s &#039;Doctors Make Him Better and Stronger&#039; - MMA Fighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yetvqEpmDAs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I mean, he definitely has doctors that make him better and stronger, faster,&#8221; Nelson said. &#8220;I think, even, he left the UFC because of that. 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