Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson: Head to Head
(Yeesh, poor kid...)
Kicking off the UFC 117 pay-per-view card this Saturday in Oakland will be Junior Dos Santos (11-1) vs. 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 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.
Advantage: even
NICKNAME
Dos Santos: Cigano ("Gypsy")
Nelson: Big Country
Advantage: Nelson. Dos Santos is named after a soap opera character, which isn't very hardcore at all.
KNOCKED OUT STEFAN STRUVE IN...
Dos Santos: 54 seconds (at UFC 95)
Nelson: 39 seconds (at UFC Fight Night 21)
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"
Advantage: Dos Santos
NUMBER OF FACEBOOK FANS AT TIME OF THIS WRITING
Dos Santos: 4,871
Nelson: 6,377
Advantage: Nelson
HAS BEEN CALLED A "MORON," "IDIOT" AND/OR A "COMPLETE JACKASS" BY DANA WHITE
Dos Santos: No
Nelson: Yes
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!
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