{"id":93140,"date":"2014-04-15T14:40:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T21:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=93140"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:48:01","slug":"mark-hunt-vs-roy-nelson-please%e2%80%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mark-hunt-vs-roy-nelson-please%e2%80%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson Please\u200f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-on-fuel-tv-8-results-hunt-tkos-struve-in-co-main-event-ufc-news\/mark-hunt\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53241\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53241\" title=\"MARK HUNT\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roy \u201cBig Country\u201d Nelson (20-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC) is coming off a devastating first-round knockout victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, which he earned in the main event of last week\u2019s \u2018UFC Fight Night 39\u2019 event in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>The victory over \u201cBig Nog\u201d snapped a 2-fight losing skid for Nelson and moved him back up to the heavyweight division\u2019s top 10 ranks.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, the former\u00a0\u201cTUF 10\u201d winners next bout should (in theory) come against a fellow top 10 ranked heavyweight. If I could play Joe Silva (UFC Matchmaker) for just once in my life, I would personally choose Mark Hunt to be Nelson\u2019s next opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Like Roy Nelson, Mark Hunt (9-8-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC) is a fan-favorite who is best known for his remarkable punching power, iron jaw and less-than-stellar physique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Super Samoan\u201d has been out of action since his December 2013 \u201cFight of the year\u201d candidate bout with Antonio \u201cBigfoot\u201d Silva, which resulted in a draw.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Hunt is currently the UFC\u2019s #8 ranked heavyweight, while Roy Nelson holds down the divisions #9 spot.<\/p>\n<p>A bout between the bearded-brawler (Nelson) and the 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix champion (Hunt) would surely equal fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>All seven of Roy Nelson\u2019s UFC victories have come by form of knockout or TKO, while all five of his losses have come via judge\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 3 of Mark Hunt\u2019s 4 career octagon victories have come by way of knockout or TKO.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Hunt\u2019s #1 contenders bout with Junior dos Santos in May of 2013, Roy Nelson touched on a potential fight with the New Zealand slugger:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMark Hunt, if he can get past (Junior dos Santos), that\u2019s great. If he doesn\u2019t, I\u2019d still fight Mark Hunt because I know the fans want to see that one. I\u2019m all about making everybody happy.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunt and Nelson are easily 2 of the UFC\u2019s hardest hitting strikers, but who would emerge victorious if the pair fought? Let\u2019s hear it Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy \u201cBig Country\u201d Nelson (20-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC) is coming off a devastating first-round knockout victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, which he earned in the main event of last week\u2019s \u2018UFC Fight Night 39\u2019 event in Abu Dhabi. The victory over \u201cBig Nog\u201d snapped a 2-fight losing skid for Nelson and moved him back up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":53241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[104,106,9,578,797,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson Please\u200f | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mark-hunt-vs-roy-nelson-please\u200f\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson Please\u200f | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roy \u201cBig Country\u201d Nelson (20-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC) is coming off a devastating first-round knockout victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, which he earned in the main event of last week\u2019s \u2018UFC Fight Night 39\u2019 event in Abu Dhabi. 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