{"id":83583,"date":"2014-01-27T09:59:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T17:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=83583"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:12:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:12:16","slug":"roy-nelson-has-applied-for-keith-kizers-position-looking-head-up-nevada-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/roy-nelson-has-applied-for-keith-kizers-position-looking-head-up-nevada-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Nelson Has Applied For Keith Kizer&#8217;s Position, Looking To Head Up Nevada Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dana-white-i-try-so-hard-to-like-roy-nelson\/roy-nelson-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-71725\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71725\" title=\"roy nelson\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/roy-nelson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/roy-nelson.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/roy-nelson-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/roy-nelson-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRoy &#8216;Big Country&#8217; Nelson is doing more than just pounding value meals and dropping heavyweights these days.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC&#8217;s TUF 10 champion has just applied for the seat <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/keith-kizer-resigns-as-nsac-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently vacated by Keith Kizer<\/a> on the NSAC.<\/p>\n<p>Roy recently broke this news to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2014\/1\/27\/5350194\/ufc-roy-nelson-has-applied-for-kieth-kizers-vacated-position-with-NSAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloodyelbow.com&#8217;s Steph Daniels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check it:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I have put my application in. My wife and I were talking about having something besides fighting to fall back on, and I think I would be able to do some good. This is my hometown, it&#8217;s where I was born and raised, so I feel it&#8217;s a way for me to help further the sport&#8230; With me, I can draw more people back to Vegas to help the budget. That&#8217;s a big part of it. Of course I want to help get the sport cleaned up, but helping Nevada financially and bringing more revenue in is one of the primary goals I have. The others involve making sure we have better officiating and better fighter safety.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I haven&#8217;t told them (the UFC) of my intent, but I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll mind my intentions here. I think they&#8217;d probably be happy that I&#8217;m just trying to make the sport better. It would be the building of a relationship that would help the UFC, MMA and all of combat sports in Nevada.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy &#8216;Big Country&#8217; Nelson is doing more than just pounding value meals and dropping heavyweights these days. The UFC&#8217;s TUF 10 champion has just applied for the seat recently vacated by Keith Kizer on the NSAC. Roy recently broke this news to Bloodyelbow.com&#8217;s Steph Daniels. Check it: &#8220;I have put my application in. 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