During Nelson’s August fight with Brazilian Junior Dos Santos he injured his knee, which required surgery that put him on the sidelines for at least a couple of months. Nelson on Thursday explained to MMAWeekly Radio what happened, and the subsequent surgery to fix the issue.
“Really what happened, if you watch the second uppercut when I get hit, I kind of fall back weird and my knee just gives out. Basically afterwards just kind of went in and got it cleaned out, epaired, and some things kind of taken out.”
“I can do rehab; me and Lindsay Lohan hanging out. I think I’ve got three or four more weeks actual rehab, and then hopefully it will be back to being 100 percent.”
“You know what, I’ve been offered a couple people. If Shane Carwin’s the guy, I’m happy to fight Shane Carwin. “He is the UFC former heavyweight TV championship, real championship, title contender, so pretty much if you beat him you’re right back where you were, and he beat the crap out of Brock. So I think if I fought Shane, and beat him, then technically I’m just as good as Brock.
“I think if you can get past Shane that’s definitely a good win.”
“I’m happy to fight (Shane Carwin). If you fight Nogueira, you always get a title fight. If Brock hypothetically loses against Velasquez I wouldn’t mind fighting Brock. Let’s see, who else is there? Cain, I wouldn’t mind fighting Dos Santos again. I think you guys still have Frank Mir up there.”
“I basically want to put on a performance and at the same time I want to make sure I’m healthy enough, or if I’m not healthy enough, to still basically win the fight. If I can be 60-percent to win a fight, then I’m happy to be at 60-percent. As long as I know what I have to be.”
“The last thing you want is to have acidosis. You don’t want to go out there and burn it all in the first round. I think that’s the first thing you want to worry about as heavyweights is cardio. I could give two craps about the knee. If I can’t breathe, it’s like getting choked. I’d rather be able to breathe and have no leg to fight on, then not be able to breathe and have two good limbs.”
“Technically, if the UFC wanted me to fight anybody next week, I’d fight anybody.”
Roy Nelson: ‘I’m happy to fight Shane Carwin’
During Nelson’s August fight with Brazilian Junior Dos Santos he injured his knee, which required surgery that put him on the sidelines for at least a couple of months. Nelson on Thursday explained to MMAWeekly Radio what happened, and the subsequent surgery to fix the issue. “Really what happened, if you watch the second uppercut…
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