Tony
03-08-2010, 11:17
Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson: Head to Head
http://www.fightnewsextra.com/cc/ufc95/fightfotos/ufc95_05_santos_vs_struve_003.jpg
http://cdn.cagepotato.com/www/sites/default/files/mma_roy_nelson1_576_0.jpg
(Yeesh, poor kid...)
Kicking off the UFC 117 (http://cagepotato.com/tag/ufc-117) pay-per-view card this Saturday in Oakland will be Junior Dos Santos (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Junior_Dos_Santos) (11-1) vs. Roy Nelson (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Roy_Nelson) (15-4), a guaranteed banger that could decide the next title contender in the heavyweight division. Nelson is nearly a 3-1 underdog (http://bestfightodds.com/events/ufc-117-silva-vs-sonnen-276) against the Brazilian phenom, but let's take a closer look at the matchup and see who really holds the advantages...
AGE
Dos Santos: 25
Nelson: 34
Advantage: Dos Santos
SIZE
Dos Santos: 6'4, 238 pounds, 77" reach
Nelson: 6'0, 263 pounds, 74" reach; the mass of Nelson's stomach has been compared to the moon (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=roy+nelson+belly+moon&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CiZXPcCxXTKPvD4XyzATu7unACgAAAKoEBU_QvuoG) .
Advantage: even
NICKNAME
Dos Santos: Cigano ("Gypsy")
Nelson: Big Country
Advantage: Nelson. Dos Santos is named after a soap opera character (http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/20/1382480/gypsy-warrior-mmamania-com-ufc-on), which isn't very hardcore at all.
KNOCKED OUT STEFAN STRUVE IN...
Dos Santos: 54 seconds (at UFC 95 (http://www.cagepotato.com/ufc-95-sanchez-vs-stevenson-%E2%80%94-not-quite-liveblog))
Nelson: 39 seconds (at UFC Fight Night 21 (http://www.cagepotato.com/ufc-fight-night-21-live-results-and-pithy-commentary))
Advantage: Nelson
KNOCKOUT OF THE NIGHT BONUSES EARNED IN THE UFC
Dos Santos: 2 (Fabricio Werdum and Gabriel Gonzaga, $115,000 total)
Nelson: 2 (Brendan Schaub and Stefan Struve, $55,000 total)
Advantage: Dos Santos, for level of competition and cash-haul.
BIGGEST WIN (PRE-UFC)
Dos Santos: Geronimo Dos Santos via TKO (cut)
Nelson: Brad Imes via TKO, to defend his IFL heavyweight title for the second time
Advantage: Nelson
BIGGEST WIN (IN UFC)
Dos Santos: Werdum, Cro Cop, Gonzaga...take your pick.
Nelson: Brendan Schaub, to win TUF 10.
Advantage: Dos Santos
UGLIEST DEFEAT
Dos Santos: In his only career loss, Junior suffered a first-round armbar submission against Joaquim Ferreira, who he'd beaten by TKO (exhaustion) earlier that year.
Nelson: Knocked out by Andrei Arlovski at EliteXC: Heat. Nelson was working on a kimura from side control when the dumbass referee stood the fighters up.
Advantage: even
BJJ RANK
Dos Santos: Brown belt under Nogueira brothers
Nelson: Black belt under Renzo Gracie
Advantage: Nelson
DOS SANTOS'S RECORD AGAINST AMERICANS: 0-0
NELSON'S RECORD AGAINST BRAZILIANS: 2-0
Advantage: Nelson
CAMP ASSOCIATION
Dos Santos: Black House
Nelson: "the country club (http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/31/1398508/ufc-quick-quote-roy-nelson-is)"
Advantage: Dos Santos
NUMBER OF FACEBOOK FANS AT TIME OF THIS WRITING
Dos Santos: 4,871 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Junior-dos-Santos/74392093232?ref=ts)
Nelson: 6,377 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roy-Big-Country-Nelson/125196232511)
Advantage: Nelson
HAS BEEN CALLED A "MORON," "IDIOT" AND/OR A "COMPLETE JACKASS" BY DANA WHITE
Dos Santos: No
Nelson: Yes (http://www.cagepotato.com/dana-white-denies-kimbo-got-special-treatment-tuf-10-hypes-ufc-104-more)
Advantage: Dos Santos
Final tally: Nelson squeaks past Dos Santos 6-5-2, which suggests that he will pull off a shocking upset via split-decision. Deal with it!
http://www.fightnewsextra.com/cc/ufc95/fightfotos/ufc95_05_santos_vs_struve_003.jpg
http://cdn.cagepotato.com/www/sites/default/files/mma_roy_nelson1_576_0.jpg
(Yeesh, poor kid...)
Kicking off the UFC 117 (http://cagepotato.com/tag/ufc-117) pay-per-view card this Saturday in Oakland will be Junior Dos Santos (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Junior_Dos_Santos) (11-1) vs. Roy Nelson (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Roy_Nelson) (15-4), a guaranteed banger that could decide the next title contender in the heavyweight division. Nelson is nearly a 3-1 underdog (http://bestfightodds.com/events/ufc-117-silva-vs-sonnen-276) against the Brazilian phenom, but let's take a closer look at the matchup and see who really holds the advantages...
AGE
Dos Santos: 25
Nelson: 34
Advantage: Dos Santos
SIZE
Dos Santos: 6'4, 238 pounds, 77" reach
Nelson: 6'0, 263 pounds, 74" reach; the mass of Nelson's stomach has been compared to the moon (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=roy+nelson+belly+moon&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CiZXPcCxXTKPvD4XyzATu7unACgAAAKoEBU_QvuoG) .
Advantage: even
NICKNAME
Dos Santos: Cigano ("Gypsy")
Nelson: Big Country
Advantage: Nelson. Dos Santos is named after a soap opera character (http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/20/1382480/gypsy-warrior-mmamania-com-ufc-on), which isn't very hardcore at all.
KNOCKED OUT STEFAN STRUVE IN...
Dos Santos: 54 seconds (at UFC 95 (http://www.cagepotato.com/ufc-95-sanchez-vs-stevenson-%E2%80%94-not-quite-liveblog))
Nelson: 39 seconds (at UFC Fight Night 21 (http://www.cagepotato.com/ufc-fight-night-21-live-results-and-pithy-commentary))
Advantage: Nelson
KNOCKOUT OF THE NIGHT BONUSES EARNED IN THE UFC
Dos Santos: 2 (Fabricio Werdum and Gabriel Gonzaga, $115,000 total)
Nelson: 2 (Brendan Schaub and Stefan Struve, $55,000 total)
Advantage: Dos Santos, for level of competition and cash-haul.
BIGGEST WIN (PRE-UFC)
Dos Santos: Geronimo Dos Santos via TKO (cut)
Nelson: Brad Imes via TKO, to defend his IFL heavyweight title for the second time
Advantage: Nelson
BIGGEST WIN (IN UFC)
Dos Santos: Werdum, Cro Cop, Gonzaga...take your pick.
Nelson: Brendan Schaub, to win TUF 10.
Advantage: Dos Santos
UGLIEST DEFEAT
Dos Santos: In his only career loss, Junior suffered a first-round armbar submission against Joaquim Ferreira, who he'd beaten by TKO (exhaustion) earlier that year.
Nelson: Knocked out by Andrei Arlovski at EliteXC: Heat. Nelson was working on a kimura from side control when the dumbass referee stood the fighters up.
Advantage: even
BJJ RANK
Dos Santos: Brown belt under Nogueira brothers
Nelson: Black belt under Renzo Gracie
Advantage: Nelson
DOS SANTOS'S RECORD AGAINST AMERICANS: 0-0
NELSON'S RECORD AGAINST BRAZILIANS: 2-0
Advantage: Nelson
CAMP ASSOCIATION
Dos Santos: Black House
Nelson: "the country club (http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/31/1398508/ufc-quick-quote-roy-nelson-is)"
Advantage: Dos Santos
NUMBER OF FACEBOOK FANS AT TIME OF THIS WRITING
Dos Santos: 4,871 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Junior-dos-Santos/74392093232?ref=ts)
Nelson: 6,377 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roy-Big-Country-Nelson/125196232511)
Advantage: Nelson
HAS BEEN CALLED A "MORON," "IDIOT" AND/OR A "COMPLETE JACKASS" BY DANA WHITE
Dos Santos: No
Nelson: Yes (http://www.cagepotato.com/dana-white-denies-kimbo-got-special-treatment-tuf-10-hypes-ufc-104-more)
Advantage: Dos Santos
Final tally: Nelson squeaks past Dos Santos 6-5-2, which suggests that he will pull off a shocking upset via split-decision. Deal with it!