{"id":71351,"date":"2013-10-17T06:42:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=71351"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:46:04","slug":"roy-nelson-this-is-probably-the-crappiest-camp-that-ive-ever-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/roy-nelson-this-is-probably-the-crappiest-camp-that-ive-ever-had\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Nelson: This is probably the crappiest camp that I&#8217;ve ever had"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/roy-nelson2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47418\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/roy-nelson2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/roy-nelson2.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/roy-nelson2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/roy-nelson2-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the MMA game, some training camps go good and some training camps go bad, and according to UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson (19-8 MMA, 6-4 UFC) his latest camp was the latter of the two:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;This has actually probably been the crappiest camp that I&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; <\/em>Nelson admitted on Wednesday.<em> &#8220;It is what it is.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The root of Nelson&#8217;s problems began in mid-September, when his head boxing coach, Jeff Mayweather, suffered a mild heart attack after drinking an energy drink. The 49-year-old, Mayweather,\u00a0wound up being hospitalized for weeks. Doctors subsequently diagnosed Mayweather with &#8220;full-blown diabetes,&#8221; and from there things only got worse:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I lost Jeff probably about two weeks into camp,&#8221; <\/em>Nelson explained. <em>&#8220;I lost (training partner Muhammed \u2018King) Mo&#8217; Lawal. I lost Ryan Martinez, because in Bellator he broke his hand. It was just one of those camps where anything possibly that could&#8217;ve happened, happened. So you just kind of deal with it. I mean, I&#8217;ve been in the game long enough to know what I&#8217;m supposed to do and put the work in. And at the end of the day, that&#8217;s what it is.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Roy Nelson will face Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix winner Daniel Cormier (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in the co-main event of this weekend&#8217;s UFC 166 card in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you see winning this heavyweight clash? 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