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Roy Nelson Is Looking Forward to Fighting in Brazil

September 22, 2016 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Roy Nelson spoke with MMAjunkie about his fight with Antonio Silva at UFC Fight Night 95. Some highlights are below:

On fighting in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu-friendly area: “I think going down to Brazil, the people in Brazil actually respect Brazilian jiu-jitsu. So I’m always giving the fans what they want to see. “They won’t (boo) because they are respectful.”

On a possible title shot coming with a win: “I think in the heavyweight division, every win counts. I’ll be coming off (what should be) a three-fight win streak, and I’ll probably just need one more, and I’ll be able to fight for the title. I won (against Lewis). I did. I stuck to the game plan and executed, and that’s what it is. Pretty much every fan that I’ve ever met that knows MMA said I won.”

On Silva: “I think that ‘Bigfoot’ is always in a fight against whoever. I’m not looking past him. ‘Bigfoot’ can definitely knock people out. He knocked out Travis Browne. He knocked out Alistair Overeem. In the heavyweight division, you can lose to anybody.”