Heavyweights
Roy Nelson (16-6, 3-2 UFC) compared to. Fabricio Werdum (14-5-1, 2-2 UFC)
That Matchup: Werdum returns to your UFC after a three-year absence and several high-profile bouts against Alistair Overeem along with Fedor Emelianenko.
A slimmed-down Nelson would what he was likely to do at UFC 137, stopping Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic on strikes in the third round. It was a certainly better performance than the you he gave against Frank Mir personal training months earlier, when any bout with walking pneumonia sapped his or her cardio. Like Werdum, "Big Country" is often a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, but that is not to mean their skills are the same. Nelson is at his or her best in top command, where he can work with his girth and energy to pass guard as well as bully opponents. A favorite weapon of his could be the mounted crucifix, which allows him to enlist his bulge around launching an unimpeded assault around the ground.
Werdum, meanwhile, is able to stringing multiple submissions collectively, whether on top or perhaps on his back. Both men like to work with the clinch to set up takedowns, and whoever could possibly get the best of these battles may have a significant advantage. Werdum is normally craftier in these situations and can make it difficult for Nelson to execute their favored outside-trip-to-half-guard maneuver.
To the feet, Nelson has any granite chin, as demonstrated by his going the length with Junior dos Santos during UFC 117, and can score the occasional knockout along with his overhand right. Mostly, he prefers to hearth off one-two combos in the relatively safe distance before dancing to force the clinch. Moreover, Werdum uses his striking to be a precursor to getting fights into the ground. After facing Overeem, he is not likely to be scared of anything Nelson is offering in the standup. Nonetheless, Werdum's tendency to decline his hands in exchanges could revisit haunt him if "Big Country" connects on certainly one of his haymakers.
The Pick: Nelson is solid to be a middle-of-the-road contender, but he will falter against Top 10-level opposition. His best chance should be to hurt the Brazilian using something big early. Nelson tends to take a respectable amount of damage standing, that may allow Werdum to become softer him up for takedowns. Werdum benefits by third-round submission.
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