Built from Roy Nelson’s own numbers — record, form, fighting style and standout rate. Not reported prose. Power striker
6' 0" orthodox power striker campaigning at Heavyweight. 9 UFC wins — 8 KO/TKO, 1 decision.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | Big Country |
| Nationality | United States |
| Hometown | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Fighting out of | Country Club |
| Height | 6' 0" |
| Reach | 73.0" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Age | 50 |
| Date of birth | Jun 20, 1976 |
| Weight | 263 lbs. |
| Pro record | 22-14 |
| Finish split | 9 UFC wins — 8 KO/TKO, 1 decision |
Career averages over Roy Nelson’s UFC bouts, straight from public UFC statistics — the same eight numbers on his official record. These are the source’s figures, not our read: what we make of them is the card below.
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the Heavyweight field — not against the whole roster. Tap any i for what a score measures.
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.
The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.
Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.77 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.
Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.
Pro record: 22-14. In the UFC: 9-10. Roy Nelson’s last 8 UFC bouts, most recent first — the result in the cage, not our pick.
Straight off the official UFC fight record. Card names are left off on purpose: the only event labels in our data are derived, and we’d rather print nothing than print one that’s wrong.
| Date | Opponent | Method | Rd | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-15 | L | Alexander Volkov | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis |
| 2016-09-24 | W | Antonio Silva | KO/TKO | R2 | UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg |
| 2016-07-07 | L | Derrick Lewis | Decision (split) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez |
| 2016-02-06 | W | Jared Rosholt | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson |
| 2015-09-26 | L | Josh Barnett | Decision (unanimous) | R5 | UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson |
| 2015-03-14 | L | Alistair Overeem | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos |
| 2014-09-20 | L | Mark Hunt | KO/TKO | R2 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson |
| 2014-04-11 | W | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson |
| 2013-10-19 | L | Daniel Cormier | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3 |
| 2013-06-15 | L | Stipe Miocic | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC 161: Evans vs Henderson |
| 2013-04-27 | W | Cheick Kongo | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC 159: Jones vs Sonnen |
| 2012-12-15 | W | Matt Mitrione | KO/TKO | R1 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale |
| 2012-05-26 | W | Dave Herman | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir |
| 2012-02-04 | L | Fabricio Werdum | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit |
| 2011-10-29 | W | Mirko Filipovic | KO/TKO | R3 | UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz |
| 2011-05-28 | L | Frank Mir | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill |
| 2010-08-07 | L | Junior Dos Santos | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen |
| 2010-03-31 | W | Stefan Struve | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi |
| 2009-12-05 | W | Brendan Schaub | KO/TKO | R1 | The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale |
Every date links to that bout’s own page. Card names come from the official event record; where the UFC ran two cards on one date, or that record has no row for it, the Event column is left empty rather than filled with a guess.