Roy Nelson: UFC Belts Don’t Mean Sh*t

Roy Nelson recently spoke with MMA Junkie about his move to Bellator and histhoughts on the UFC belt he used to love…

On His Time in the UFC: “The one thing I’ve learned is I’ve gotten beat damn pretty hard with the UFC, where I learned that the belt – I used to love that belt,” Nelson said. “The belts actually meant something. But what I learned about the UFC is that UFC belts don’t mean (expletive). And I mean it doesn’t mean (expletive). “The reason why is you can come off losses, you can move up four weights, you can be whatever. ‘Oh, we’ve got super fights’ and (expletive) like that. Or, ‘I’m a three-time champion.’ I’m a lightweight and heavyweight and whatever you want to call it and be like, they can make up titles and do whatever.”

On Politics in MMA: “It takes the politics out,” Nelson said. “I’m just not really good with politics. Politics is really not one of my strong points, and I’ll be the first to admit that. But when it comes to fighting, I know how to fight. And that’s one thing I’m really good at: It’s a straight fight.”

On Fighting For a Bellator Title: “I can’t wait to actually fight for the Bellator belt,” Nelson said. “First, I’ve got to get through Javy. And if I can fight for the belt on the 24th, I’ll fight for the belt on the 24th. I’m ready to go. “Training with Randy (Couture), you know, he won the (UFC heavyweight) belt at 43. So I’ve still got time.”

On How He’ll Attack Things: “All I care about is, I’m going to go out there and be Roy Nelson, and I’m going to get me a win,” Nelson said. “That’s all we’re going to do for the fans. We’re going to get fans excited; I’m going to rub my belly. They’ll see me get up on the cage. Everybody’s going to go (hashtag) belly rub. It’s going to trend on Twitter and Instagram and Facebook.”