http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2009/09/roy-nelson-tuf-episode-3/1?csp=34

You pretty much spent the last 30 seconds of the first round hitting him with your left hand, with him helpless underneath you; it was a little reminiscent of the James Thompson fight. How surprised were you that the fight wasn't stopped in the first round before the bell?

Roy Nelson: I was surprised. You could even see me yelling at Herb Dean, "Come on, ref."

But the thing is, there's a lot of people; there's a lot of money. Kimbo's the only one that I know that had an entourage there; he actually had his family there, his management, while the rest of us kind of had to suffer. The UFC made, we'll say, different concessions for Kimbo. I think he had a media room.

Kimbo's definitely, I guess we'll say, special. I don't see the specialness fighting-wise, but more for TV-wise. He puts butts in the seats.

So I think it was more that Herb Dean was afraid to lose his job, because there's a lot of people with a lot of money that can have a lot of influence with his career.

http://mma.fanhouse.com/2009/10/01/roy-nelson-comes-out-swinging-after-beating-kimbo-slice-on-tuf/#cont


What did Dana say to you after the fight?

Roy Nelson: I think he wasn't happy with that fight. I mean, everybody was really mad. Kimbo's whole entourage was there, which was kind of funny since we are all supposed to be isolated, but Kimbo actually had his whole fan base, the whole 305 over there. There's definitely some favoritism already built up there. Whatever. But they simply said to me that I have a better skill set than Kimbo, which I don't know if it's true. I'm just a fat guy. I'm going to go with one of my favorite sponsors, TapouT, [and say] I'm just bad for the sport.

Did you get the impression that the people working on the show were upset that Kimbo lost?

Roy Nelson: I'll tell you the executive producer of The Ultimate Fighter was very upset. He doesn't know fighting, he was just like, 'Oh, there goes my cash cow.'

Back to Kimbo's entourage, how many people were actually there because I didn't notice any extra people around?

Roy Nelson: Actually, if you go back and actually look at the clips, they are actually behind where Dana, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta are. There's his entourage screaming 305. I mean, I didn't really get to see it because I was concentrating on the fight, but everybody kind of told me about it, and I was like, 'What?' I think he really did have a media room in the house because there was one door in our bedroom where it was locked all the time.

Really?

Roy Nelson: I don't know if he had an iPhone, but he definitely wasn't on the same contract as everybody else.

Was there any resentment in the house because of this?

Roy Nelson: No, we just had a list in the house, and we made sure we ordered food on his list because we knew Kimbo would get it.

Did his entourage come to the house?

Roy Nelson: Not actually at the house, but the fact that they could even show up was pretty, I guess, ballsy, I would say. It's kind of insulting.

So it bugged you?

Roy Nelson: Just that from what you're told and then what you see is totally different, yeah. It's very insulting when you think you have to put your life on hold for six weeks, and it's not really that.

The ref didn't stop the fight the first time because he was pitty patting him in the head. Kind of like the same **** Kimbo went through when he fought the big British dude.

Kimbo is a street fighter, nothing more. He's too old to learn all the ground game btu he can KO anyone if he connects. The problem is, he can't let his hands go because the second he does, they will take him down.

He has to fight very careful and that's not his style.

yeah that def makes sense. someone commented on sherdog how they felt Slice fought scared. and I think you hit the nail on the head .. not afraid of the opponent, just if the fight gets to the ground Kimbo is more or less finished.

and that was the story of the fight. as the only thing that stopped Roy's ground assault (besides the ref in round 2)

was the horn at the end of round 1. **If Roy really wants to finish the fight he should have landed harder punches

**really tired of this treatement Kimbo gets, as yes the UFC is trying to save the hype job

but its getting rediculous and only adds to the hate toward Kimbo (even though Slice probably has no control over how the ref calls the fight)

Roy Nelson should stop being such a crybaby. If you heard all the garbage Dana said about Kimbo, the big black dude is right to ask certain conditions. He's not a prostitute or a bum, it's normal that he's not under the same contract.