Nelson: Me vs. Velasquez MMA’s version of ‘Mayweather-Pacquiao’
Roy Nelson: “I think Cain Velasquez has only fought the same guy over and over the last couple of years, because they don’t want to change (the champion).”
Roy Nelson is currently ranked eighth in the heavyweight division and has an opportunity to move up facing sixth ranked Mark Hunt in this weekend’s main event. Nelson is hoping a win over Hunt will move him closer to a showdown with heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, a fight he believes ‘needs to happen’:
“Don King would be clamoring here,” Nelson said. “This is the fight we need to happen. It’s like Pacquiao vs. Mayweather. They just don’t want to make it happen.”
Nelson, who meets Mark Hunt in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Fight Pass on Saturday (3 a.m. ET), would not say who “they” is, but it’s presumed he means the UFC.
“I think Cain Velasquez has only fought the same guy over and over the last couple of years, because they don’t want to change (the champion),” Nelson said.