{"id":62250,"date":"2013-06-14T07:14:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=62250"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:59:37","slug":"roy-nelson-uses-racial-slur-while-discussing-daniel-cormier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/roy-nelson-uses-racial-slur-while-discussing-daniel-cormier\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Nelson Uses Racial Slur While Discussing Daniel Cormier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/roy-nelson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46100\" title=\"UFC 143: Diaz v Condit - Press Conference\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/roy-nelson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/roy-nelson.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/roy-nelson-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/roy-nelson-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roy Nelson has long been popular for both his consistently entertaining fights and humorous interviews with members of the media. This time, however he may have crossed a line.<\/p>\n<p>In talking about his rivalry with fellow UFC heavyweight, Daniel Cormier, Nelson used some unwarranted language. In discussing Daniel Cormier&#8217;s decision in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/roy-nelson-under-the-impression-daniel-cormier-turned-down-a-fight-against-him\/\">turning down<\/a> a fight with Roy Nelson to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/roy-nelson-thinks-he-saved-ufc-161-after-string-of-injuries\/\">pad the start power<\/a> to sell the injury-riddled UFC 161 card, Nelson used the term &#8220;Uncle Tom&#8221; in describing Cormier&#8217;s comments to <em>&#8220;kick Nelson&#8217;s ass for Dana White&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson stated in the interview, conducted by Ariel Helwani of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2013\/6\/13\/4428112\/roy-nelson-daniel-cormier-is-an-uncle-tom\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>, that he was just quoting African-American friends of his who used the term to describe Cormier themselves, but regardless, the term has no place in a professional interview.<\/p>\n<p>As for a potential reprimand, there doesn&#8217;t seem to be much of one on its way as Dana White laughed the comment off when asked about it in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2013\/6\/13\/4428000\/dana-white-talks-ufc-161-rampage-fitch-complaints-josh-thomson\">subsequent interview<\/a> with Helwani, later in the UFC 161 media day.<\/p>\n<p>His UFC 161 bout with Stipe Miocic marks Nelson&#8217;s last fight on his UFC contract with a win giving him leverage to arrange a new deal that is more <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/michael-bisping-tops-estimated-ufc-159-salaries-at-425k\/\">financially adventitious.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest MMA news visit <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy Nelson has long been popular for both his consistently entertaining fights and humorous interviews with members of the media. 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