Big Country
Roy Nelson
Las Vegas, Nevada•HeavyweightPro Record Summary
23–19
78%Finish Rate
Wins23
14KO/TKO61%
5DEC22%
4SUB17%
0DQ0%
Losses19
3KO/TKO16%
16DEC84%
0SUB0%
0DQ0%
608-199 Opponents' Combined Record •75% Win
2020•0-1
L
23-19
Valentin Moldavsky9-1
Bellator 244DEC (Unanimous)Aug 21, 2020
R3 · 5:00
2019•0-2
L
23-18
Frank Mir18-13
Bellator 231DEC (Unanimous)Oct 25, 2019
R3 · 5:00
L
23-17
Mirko Filipovic37-11-2
Bellator 216DEC (Unanimous)Feb 16, 2019
R3 · 5:00
2018•0-2
L
23-16
Sergei Kharitonov28-7
Bellator 207TKO (Punches & Knees)Oct 12, 2018
R1 · 4:59
L
23-15
Matt Mitrione12-5
Bellator 194DEC (Majority)Feb 16, 2018
R3 · 5:00
2017•1-1
W
23-14
Javy Ayala10-5
Bellator 183DEC (Unanimous)Sep 23, 2017
R3 · 5:00
L
22-14
Alexander Volkov27-6
UFC on FOX 24DEC (Unanimous)Apr 15, 2017
R3 · 5:00
2016•2-1
W
22-13
Antonio Silva19-9
UFC Fight Night 95TKO (Punches)Sep 24, 2016
R2 · 4:10
L
21-13
Derrick Lewis15-4
UFC Fight Night 90DEC (Split)Jul 7, 2016
R3 · 5:00
W
21-12
Jared Rosholt14-2
UFC Fight Night 82DEC (Unanimous)Feb 6, 2016
R3 · 5:00
2015•0-2
L
20-12
Josh Barnett33-7
UFC Fight Night 75DEC (Unanimous)Sep 26, 2015
R5 · 5:00
L
20-11
Alistair Overeem38-14
UFC 185DEC (Unanimous)Mar 14, 2015
R3 · 5:00
2014•1-1
L
20-10
Mark Hunt9-8-1
UFC Fight Night 52TKO (Punch)Sep 20, 2014
R2 · 3:00
W
20-9
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira34-8-1
UFC Fight Night 39TKO (Punch)Apr 11, 2014
R1 · 3:37POTN
2013•1-2
L
19-9
Daniel Cormier12-0
UFC 166DEC (Unanimous)Oct 19, 2013
R3 · 5:00
L
19-8
Stipe Miocic9-1
UFC 161DEC (Unanimous)Jun 15, 2013
R3 · 5:00
W
19-7
Cheick Kongo18-7-2
UFC 159TKO (Punches)Apr 27, 2013
R1 · 2:03POTN
2012•2-1
W
18-7
Matt Mitrione5-1
The Ultimate Fighter 16 FinaleTKO (Punches)Dec 15, 2012
R1 · 2:58
W
17-7
Dave Herman21-3
UFC 146TKO (Punch)May 26, 2012
R1 · 0:51POTN
L
16-7
Fabricio Werdum14-5-1
UFC 143DEC (Unanimous)Feb 4, 2012
R3 · 5:00FOTN
2011•1-1
W
16-6
Mirko Filipovic27-9-2
UFC 137TKO (Punches)Oct 29, 2011
R3 · 1:30
L
15-6
Frank Mir14-5
UFC 130DEC (Unanimous)May 28, 2011
R3 · 5:00
2010•1-1
L
15-5
Junior dos Santos11-1
UFC 117DEC (Unanimous)Aug 7, 2010
R3 · 5:00
W
15-4
Stefan Struve19-3
UFC Fight Night 21TKO (Punches)Mar 31, 2010
R1 · 0:39POTN
2009•1-1
W
14-4
Brendan Schaub4-0
The Ultimate Fighter 10 FinaleTKO (Punch)Dec 5, 2009
R1 · 3:45POTNUFC DEBUT
L
13-4
Jeff Monson28-8
DECMar 21, 2009
2008•2-1
L
13-3
Andrei Arlovski14-5
EliteXCTKO (Punch)Oct 4, 2008
R2 · 3:14
W
13-2
Brad Imes12-4
IFL 22TKO (Punches)May 16, 2008
R1 · 2:55
W
12-2
Fabiano Scherner7-4
IFL 20TKO (Punches)Feb 29, 2008
R1 · 3:20
2007•5-1
W
11-2
Antoine Jaoude8-2
IFL 19TKO (Punch)Dec 29, 2007
R2 · 0:22
W
10-2
Bryan Vetell3-2
IFL 18TKO (Punches)Nov 3, 2007
R3 · 1:01
W
9-2
Shane Ott3-0
IFL 15DEC (Unanimous)Jun 16, 2007
R3 · 5:00
L
8-2
Ben Rothwell23-5
IFL 11DEC (Split)Apr 7, 2007
R3 · 5:00
W
8-1
Mario Rinaldi5-0
Bodog FightTKOFeb 17, 2007
W
7-1
Vince Lucero18-10
IFL 7TKO (Punches)Jan 19, 2007
R1 · 1:55
2006•3-1
L
6-1
Josh Curran1-0
Bodog FightDEC (Unanimous)Dec 16, 2006
R3 · 5:00
W
6-0
Jerome Smith6-8-1
FightForceSUB (Side Choke)Jul 22, 2006
R1 · 4:13
W
5-0
Jason Godsey16-15
FightForceSUB (Rear Naked Choke)May 6, 2006
R1 · 4:42
W
4-0
Michael Buchkovich7-1-1
World Extreme FightingSUBApr 1, 2006
2004•3-0
W
3-0
Ray Seraille3-6
Pacific X-treme CombatSUBAug 28, 2004
W
1-0
Jerry Vrbanovic3-4-1
DECApr 17, 2004
W
1-0
Bo Cantrell3-3
DECApr 17, 2004