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11-19-2012, 10:03 PM
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|  Matt Mitrione requested ‘fun’ heavyweight showdown against Roy Nelson
Matt Mitrione requested ?fun? heavyweight showdown against Roy Nelson at TUF 16 Finale - MMAmania.com Quote:
att Mitrione offered his services to take on heavy-hitting Roy Nelson at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 16 Finale in Las Vegas, Nevada, after Shane Carwin blew out his knee. Maybe a way to get back on the UFC's good graces, perhaps?
Matt Mitrione may have declined a fight against Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Winner and all-around wrestling bad ass Daniel Cormier, but he is still a team player, looking to get back in the good graces of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) head honchos by stepping up to take on Roy Nelson at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 16 Finale on Dec. 16, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Meathead" opted not to face "DC" in Strikeforce at the request of UFC officials in an event that was scheduled to go down on Nov. 3, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Okla., after Frank Mir -- Cormier's original opponent -- came down with an injury. Instead, Mitrione had his sights set on former light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson.
A decision that didn't sit too well with company president Dana White.
In the end, neither of those bouts came to be because the Strikeforce event was scrapped altogether and "Rampage" has since been lined up to face feared Brazilian, Glover Teixeira, at UFC on Fox 6 on Jan. 26, 2013.
However, Mitrione was able to save face, stepping up to the plate and offering to replace Shane Carwin, who suffered a knee injury that forced him to bow out of his heavyweight collision against "Big Country."
Appearing on "The MMA Hour," Mitrione says he was the one who picked up the phone and called Joe Silva and offered his services, not the other way around:
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"Unfortunately Shane blew his knee out, so it was reported, and they needed somebody to jump in. And, you know, I wasn't able to take a couple of fights they offered for health reasons or ability reasons, and you know, I tried to fight Gonzaga, and then when this came up, I thought it would be a fun fight with me and Roy, too. So, I called up Joe Silva and I was like, 'Hey man if you guys need someone to jump in and take it, I am willing to do that.' I am already in camp anyways, so what the hell. Just two weeks less of preparation, that's it."
| That's one way to get out of the doghouse.
"Meathead" was originally scheduled to take on Philip De Fries at UFC 155 on Dec. 29, 2012, but felt a fight against the heavy-hitting Nelson would be much more of a "fun" fight.
The former NFL player suffered his first loss of his young mixed martial arts (MMA) career against Cheick Kongo back at UFC 137, while Nelson is coming off a first round destruction of Dave Herman back at UFC 146.
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11-20-2012, 02:24 AM
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He's not going to be having fun when he's laid out looking up at the lights lol
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11-20-2012, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Qball1974  He's not going to be having fun when he's laid out looking up at the lights lol | It'll be interesting to see which Roy shows up. If he goes for a grinding win, Meathead's wrestling likely won't hold up. But if the Roy who plows forward throwing overhands and almost nothing else shows up, then I can see Meathead circling, jabbing, and throwing some kicks to mix it up.
At this point, although I think Roy is the more rounded fighter by training, Meathead may fight more well rounded and also has a pretty solid chin.
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11-20-2012, 12:21 PM
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Roy all day in this fight.
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