SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
July - 2016
7
Big Country Fighting For
Relevance Against Derek Lewis
Article By: Jay Anderson
The UFC heavyweight di-
vision is the strangest of
creatures. One moment
you’re up, the next, you’re
down. It mirrors the one-
punch, sudden knock-
out ability so much of
the division possesses. At
heavyweight, outcomes
can come suddenly, fights
change in the blink of an
eye. So can careers.
Roy Nelson has forever
been hovering around or
within the top ten of the
division it seems. Yet after
a three-fight win streak a
few years back that had
him on the brink of title
contention (during that
stretch, he knocked out
Dave Herman, Matt Mi-
trone, and Cheick Kongo),
(Dave Mandel/Sherdog)
