Brock Lesnar is the biggest pay per view draw in MMA history. Thus it is no surprise that when it was announced that Lesnar was returning to the Octagon, a lot of gigantic hands shot up. The fight at UFC 200 on July 9 ended up going to Mark Hunt, but Roy Nelson spoke to the awesome Damon Martin for FOX Sports on Wednesday, and said that after his fight with Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night 90 on July 7, he still wants in.
“After I get through Derrick and Brock still wants to fight, I’ll definitely fight and it will probably be the biggest pay-per-view of all time,” said Nelson. “We’ll blow Conor McGregor, UFC 100, and even UFC 200 out of the water. Because of our styles, the style I fight, Brock Lesnar’s name and the way I market myself and now with the UFC push behind me, it would get pushed to a whole new freaking level.”
“In the heavyweight division, that’s the Conor McGregor. He just brings a whole other audience. It would be like if Tom Cruise said he wanted to fight or Shaquille O’Neal, it’s just somebody that’s so out there and well known.
“If Dana White said he wanted to fight heavyweight, everybody would watch that fight tomorrow just because they want to watch Dana get beat up or win or whatever it is. Because they’re just so well known.”
And Nelson made his simple prediction for Lesnar vs. Hunt.
“I think he’s always been the guy who picked his fights,” said Nelson. “He says he doesn’t pick his fights, they give him whoever they wanted but I think stylistically it’s a good fight for him. It’s a striker versus grappler. If it’s on the feet, it’s all Mark. If it gets to the ground, Brock has a chance. It’s simple. It’s not like rocket science or anything.”
“But for myself, it’s one of those fights, any time Brock fights I want to watch.”





