Roy Nelson expected to meet Stefan Struve in UFN 21 on Versus !!

Dutch heavyweight Stefan Struve will be facing TUF10 season winner Roy ‘Big Country’ in his next fight, Fighters Only can reveal. The fight is set to take place at UFC Fight Night 21 in North Carolina and at least one of the fighters is understood to have returned a signed bout agreement.

Struve arrived in the UFC last year with a fight against Junior Dos Santos at UFC 95 in London, England. He was blitzed early by the Brazilian, but has since racked up three consecutive wins, one of which was a comeback war against Denis Stojnic.

The tall Dutchman’s last fight was a three-round decision win over Paul Buentello at UFC 107 and he has earned fans with his gutsy performances. The fact he is just 21 years old has also made him something of a housewive’s favourite, if the women in the Fighters Only office are anything to go by.

Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson is riding high at the moment after winning season ten of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights. He beat Brendan Schaub in the season finale, his first official fight in the UFC (TUF matches are classed as exhibitions.)

Prior to that he was a 2-fight skid (one a somewhat controversial loss to Andrei Arlovski in EliteXC), and he holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a professional MMA record of 14-4.

rudeboyben84 wrote:Nelson has a lot of Hype coming off winning TUF, It was a shit show though were Nelson was the only established MMA figher. Nelson is roughly as good as Monson, Just outside the top 15, Struve likewise is outside the top 10. Nelson hasnt the Standup of Buentello who couldnt put Strive away so I dont see another KO for Nelson here....

It really depends on their groundgames, Struve couldnt finish Buentello on the ground when he had his back for 3 mins which isnt a good sign. I think Nelson has a better groundgame and will win in on the ground.

redmeanie77 wrote:A more accurate description of this fight, would be like having the two digits in the number "10" fighting each other.

ChelseaQuinsfan wrote:He didn't have Arvloski in trouble besides suffocating him.

Mir vs Nelson would be a demolition job right now, Mir is cutting to make 265 and all muscle, on the feet Mir would KTFO of him.

Anfields5thKing wrote:Nelson would actually make an ideal candidate to fight Toney. He's good enough to beat him but not highly enough ranked that if Toney won he could claim to have beaten the best. All Nelson would have to do is get the takedown, put "the moon" on Toney's face, and tap him on the forehead about 30 times.

Anfields5thKing wrote:Nelson would actually make an ideal candidate to fight Toney. He's good enough to beat him but not highly enough ranked that if Toney won he could claim to have beaten the best. All Nelson would have to do is get the takedown, put "the moon" on Toney's face, and tap him on the forehead about 30 times.