LAS VEGAS -- Roy Nelson is slowly shedding the blubber around his midsection, but he still has a ways to go. Fabricio Werdum showed that tonight.
The Brazilian, fighting for the first time in the UFC since 2008, actually picked apart Nelson on the feet to cruise to a unanimous decision victory, 30-27 on all three cards.
With a giant belly and a mullet, Nelson is the everyman and the crowd at Mandalay Bay roared in approval of the Las Vegas native. He came into the fight at just 246 pounds, his lightest weight in years. But even minus the extra 20 he used to fight with, Nelson was still taking big deep breaths midway through the second round. He was a sitting duck.
Werdum is generally regarded as one of the best Brazilian jiu-jitsu artists in the division, but he tore up Nelson on the feet. The 6-foot Nelson played perfectly into the 6-5 Werdum's gameplan of working head control to throw knees.
Nelson (16-7 , 3-3 UFC) took a beating to the chin and body along the cage over the first five minutes. It just worse from there. An exhausted Nelson tried to throw the home run overhand right for the next 10 minutes. In doing so, he moved forward and kept ducking his head. Werdum landed more knees and pounded Nelson to the face with his jab.
Reality is that Nelson is a tweener. If he really got in great shape, he'd probably still weight 220 pounds. That's too small for heavyweight and way too big for the 205-pound division. Werdum is a massive guy, but still quick enough to avoid the plodding Nelson.
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