The one man to fight both DC and Miocic makes prediction
Roy Nelson: “These are two guys who are definitely ‘game-plan’ fighters. It will be very interesting to see which game plan wins.”
Only man has fought UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier, who superfight in the main event of UFC 226 on Saturday night. Roy Nelson lost a unanimous decision to Stipe Miocic at UFC 161 on June 15, 2013 and he lost a unanimous decision to DC at UFC 166 on October 19, 2013.
Now fighting for Bellator MMA, ‘Big Country’ has a clear prediction.
These are two guys who are definitely ‘game-plan’ fighters,” said Nelson exclusively to Matt McNulty for Sherdog. “It will be very interesting to see which game plan wins. DC has had problems when he’s overworked. Jones outworked him both times and didn’t give him space to get his game plan going.
Stipe fights more like ‘tag-and-go.’ But we haven’t seen [him] fight a wrestler yet. Stipe is used to fighting people with the height and reach of a real heavyweight. Cormier is none of that. He’s also fought a jiu-jitsu guy [in Werdum], and strikers [in Junior Dos Santos and Alistair Overeem]. He really never fights wrestlers. That’s gonna work against him, in my opinion.
If I’m betting, my money is on DC. DC will come in with the better game plan and walk away heavyweight champ.”