Roy Nelson

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Rank State: Mississippi
Age: 47
Last 5: L L L W L
Association: Country Club
Pro Debut Date: 2004-04-17
Pro Record: 24-20-0
Current Ranking:
#87 Heavyweight
'Big League' Record: 17-18-0
Last 3 Years: 1-1-0
Win Finish %: 79.2%
Combat Age: 67
Quality Perf. %: 54.5%
Last Quality Perf.: 2018-02-16
540 Metric: .000
Rating Points: 52
Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2014

#10 Heavyweight
Last Fight Date: 11/10/2023 [Gamebred Fighting Championship]
Last Opponent: [#84 HW] Alan Belcher
Opponent's Last 5: W L L W L
UFC Record: 9-10-0
Octagon Time: 3:22:33
Longest Win Streak: 3 (2012-2013)
Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2009-2010)
UFC Debut: 2009-12-05
Last UFC Fight: 2017-04-15

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
04/01/2024 1 #88 Heavyweight 24-20-0
52
01/01/2024 8 #89 Heavyweight 24-20-0
52
10/01/2023 4 #97 Heavyweight 24-19-0
52
07/01/2023 NR #101 Heavyweight 24-19-0
52
10/01/2021 5 #48 Heavyweight 23-19-0
79
07/01/2021 4 #43 Heavyweight 23-19-0
86
04/01/2021 2 #39 Heavyweight 23-19-0
87
01/01/2021 5 #37 Heavyweight 23-19-0
110
10/01/2020 8 #42 Heavyweight 23-19-0
111
07/01/2020   #34 Heavyweight 23-18-0
137
04/01/2020 3 #34 Heavyweight 23-18-0
139
01/01/2020 7 #37 Heavyweight 23-18-0
142
10/01/2019 4 #30 Heavyweight 23-17-0
164
07/01/2019   #26 Heavyweight 23-17-0
168
04/01/2019 2 #26 Heavyweight 23-17-0
173
01/01/2019 4 #24 Heavyweight 23-16-0
178
10/01/2018 2 #20 Heavyweight 23-15-0
223
07/01/2018 2 #18 Heavyweight 23-15-0
223
04/01/2018 3 #16 Heavyweight 23-15-0
223
01/01/2018 2 #13 Heavyweight 23-14-0
253
10/01/2017 4 #15 Heavyweight 23-14-0
253
07/01/2017 7 #19 Heavyweight 22-14-0
233
04/01/2017 2 #12 Heavyweight 22-13-0
283
01/01/2017 1 #14 Heavyweight 22-13-0
254
10/01/2016 1 #13 Heavyweight 22-13-0
238
07/01/2016   #12 Heavyweight 21-12-0
252
04/01/2016 5 #12 Heavyweight 21-12-0
252
01/01/2016 1 #17 Heavyweight 20-12-0
194
10/01/2015 2 #16 Heavyweight 20-12-0
198
07/01/2015 2 #14 Heavyweight 20-11-0
200
04/01/2015 1 #12 Heavyweight 20-11-0
208
01/01/2015 1 #13 Heavyweight 20-10-0
221
10/01/2014 4 #14 Heavyweight 20-10-0
221
07/01/2014 3 #10 Heavyweight 20-9-0
262
04/01/2014 2 #13 Heavyweight 19-9-0
182
01/01/2014 2 #15 Heavyweight 19-9-0
182
10/01/2013 1 #13 Heavyweight 19-8-0
182
07/01/2013 2 #14 Heavyweight 19-8-0
182
04/01/2013   #12 Heavyweight 18-7-0
204
01/01/2013   #12 Heavyweight 18-7-0
212
10/01/2012 1 #12 Heavyweight 17-7-0
212
07/01/2012   #13 Heavyweight 17-7-0
181
04/01/2012 2 #13 Heavyweight 16-7-0
166
01/01/2012 10 #15 Heavyweight 16-6-0
161
10/01/2011 3 #25 Heavyweight 15-6-0
121
07/01/2011 1 #22 Heavyweight 15-6-0
124
04/01/2011 1 #23 Heavyweight 15-5-0
125
01/01/2011 3 #22 Heavyweight 15-5-0
128
10/01/2010   #19 Heavyweight 15-5-0
128
07/01/2010   #19 Heavyweight 15-4-0
128
04/01/2010 7 #19 Heavyweight 15-4-0
128
01/01/2010 4 #26 Heavyweight 14-4-0
102
10/01/2009 1 #30 Heavyweight 13-4-0
91
07/01/2009 2 #29 Heavyweight 13-4-0
91
04/01/2009 5 #27 Heavyweight 13-4-0
92
01/01/2009 3 #22 Heavyweight 13-3-0
103
10/01/2008 1 #19 Heavyweight 13-2-0
107
07/01/2008 2 #18 Heavyweight 13-2-0
107
04/01/2008 3 #20 Heavyweight 12-2-0
94
01/01/2008 8 #23 Heavyweight 11-2-0
93
10/01/2007 1 #31 Heavyweight 9-2-0
71
07/01/2007 9 #32 Heavyweight 9-2-0
71
04/01/2007 42 #41 Heavyweight 8-1-0
59
01/01/2007 33 #83 Heavyweight 6-1-0
33
10/01/2006 2 #50 Heavyweight 6-0-0
45
07/01/2006 20 #52 Heavyweight 5-0-0
43
04/01/2006 NR #72 Heavyweight 4-0-0
37
10/01/2005 2 #80 Heavyweight 3-0-0
31
07/01/2005 1 #78 Heavyweight 3-0-0
33
04/01/2005 5 #79 Heavyweight 3-0-0
33
01/01/2005 3 #84 Heavyweight 3-0-0
33
10/01/2004 29 #81 Heavyweight 3-0-0
33
07/01/2004 NR #110 Heavyweight 2-0-0
26


Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Event Outcome
L Alan Belcher   GFC 6 - Gamebred Fighting Championship 6
Friday, November 10th 2023 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Dillon Cleckler   Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA: Nelson vs Cleckler
Friday, May 5th 2023 		TKO (Punch)
Round 1
L Valentin Moldavsky
#18 Heavyweight 		  Bellator 244 - Bader vs. Nemkov
Friday, August 21st 2020 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Frank Mir
#62 Heavyweight 		  Bellator 231 - Mir vs. Nelson 2
Friday, October 25th 2019 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Mirko Filipovic
#17 Heavyweight 		  Bellator 216 - MVP vs. Daley
Saturday, February 16th 2019 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Sergei Kharitonov
#30 Heavyweight 		  Bellator 207 - Mitrione vs. Bader
Friday, October 12th 2018 		TKO (Knees and Punches)
Round 1
L Matt Mitrione
#16 Heavyweight 		  Bellator 194 - Nelson vs. Mitrione
Friday, February 16th 2018 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
W Javy Ayala
#34 Heavyweight 		  Bellator 183 - Henderson vs. Freire
Saturday, September 23rd 2017 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Alexander Volkov
#20 Heavyweight 		  UFC on Fox 24 - Johnson vs. Reis
Saturday, April 15th 2017 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Antonio Silva
#18 Heavyweight 		  UFC Fight Night 95: Cyborg vs. Lansberg
Saturday, September 24th 2016 		TKO
Round 2
L Derrick Lewis
#17 Heavyweight 		  UFC Fight Night 90 - Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez
Thursday, July 7th 2016 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Jared Rosholt
#16 Heavyweight 		  UFC Fight Night 82 - Hendricks vs. Thompson
Saturday, February 6th 2016 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Josh Barnett   UFC Fight Night 75 - Barnett vs. Nelson
Saturday, September 26th 2015 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
L Alistair Overeem
#9 Heavyweight 		  UFC 185 - Pettis vs. Dos Anjos
Saturday, March 14th 2015 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Mark Hunt
#7 Heavyweight 		  UFC Fight Night - Hunt vs. Nelson
Saturday, September 20th 2014 		KO (Punch)
Round 2
W Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
#11 Heavyweight 		  UFC Fight Night 40 - Minotauro vs. Nelson
Friday, April 11th 2014 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
L Daniel Cormier
#3 Heavyweight 		  UFC 166 - Velasquez vs. dos Santos 3
Saturday, October 19th 2013 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Stipe Miocic
#25 Heavyweight 		  UFC 161 - Evans vs. Henderson
Saturday, June 15th 2013 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Cheick Kongo
#18 Heavyweight 		  UFC 159 - Jones vs. Sonnen
Saturday, April 27th 2013 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Matt Mitrione
#25 Heavyweight 		  UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale
Saturday, December 15th 2012 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Dave Herman
#38 Heavyweight 		  UFC 146 - Dos Santos vs. Mir
Saturday, May 26th 2012 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
L Fabricio Werdum
#6 Heavyweight 		  UFC 143 - Diaz vs. Condit
Saturday, February 4th 2012 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Mirko Filipovic
#23 Heavyweight 		  UFC 137 - Penn vs. Diaz
Saturday, October 29th 2011 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
L Frank Mir
#7 Heavyweight 		  UFC 130 - Rampage vs. Hamill
Saturday, May 28th 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Junior dos Santos
#6 Heavyweight 		  UFC 117 - Silva vs. Sonnen
Saturday, August 7th 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Stefan Struve
#32 Heavyweight 		  UFC - Fight Night 21
Wednesday, March 31st 2010 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Brendan Schaub
#63 Heavyweight 		  UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale
Saturday, December 5th 2009 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
L Jeff Monson
#18 Heavyweight 		  SRP - March Badness
Saturday, March 21st 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Andrei Arlovski
#6 Heavyweight 		  EliteXC - Heat
Saturday, October 4th 2008 		KO (Punch)
Round 2
W Brad Imes
#46 Heavyweight 		  IFL - Connecticut
Friday, May 16th 2008 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Fabiano Scherner
#156 Heavyweight 		  IFL - Las Vegas
Friday, February 29th 2008 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Antoine Jaoude
#45 Heavyweight 		  IFL - World Grand Prix Finals
Saturday, December 29th 2007 		KO (Punch)
Round 2
W Bryan Vetell
#198 Heavyweight 		  IFL - World Grand Prix Semifinals
Saturday, November 3rd 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Shane Ott   IFL - Las Vegas
Saturday, June 16th 2007 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Ben Rothwell
#26 Heavyweight 		  IFL - Moline
Saturday, April 7th 2007 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Mario Rinaldi
#39 Heavyweight 		  Bodog Fight - Costa Rica Combat
Saturday, February 17th 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Vince Lucero   IFL - Oakland
Friday, January 19th 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Josh Curran   Bodog Fight - Clash of the Nations
Saturday, December 16th 2006 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
W Jerome Smith   FF 2 - FightForce: Butte Brawl 2
Saturday, July 22nd 2006 		Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Jason Godsey
#149 Heavyweight 		  FF 1 - FightForce: Butte Brawl 1
Saturday, May 6th 2006 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Michael Buchkovich
#149 Heavyweight 		  WEF 17 - World Extreme Fighting 17
Saturday, April 1st 2006 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Ray Seraile
#160 Heavyweight 		  PXC 3 - Return of the Enforcer
Saturday, August 28th 2004 		Submission (Punches)
Round 2
W Bo Cantrell   ROTR - Rage on the River
Saturday, April 17th 2004 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Jerry Vrbanovic
#133 Heavyweight 		  ROTR - Rage on the River
Saturday, April 17th 2004 		Decision (Split)
Round 3


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