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  • Roy Nelson

    United States
    b. 1976-06-20Born 1976-06-20
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    Also known as

    Big Country

    Description

    American mixed martial artist, IFL champion, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie.

    Teachers (1)

    • Renzo Gracie
      swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Single source.
      “But either way, the Renzo Gracie black belt somehow ended up the ninth pick out of an undistinguished group of 16”
      — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

    Lineage

    • Brazilian jiu-jitsuRenzo Gracie ← Carlos Gracie Jr. ← Rolls Gracie ← Carlson Gracie ← Carlos Gracie · 5 generations

    Ranks (1)

    • swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu
      receipt_longBlack belt Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      BJJ Ranking System
      granted by Renzo Gracie
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Single source.
      “But either way, the Renzo Gracie black belt somehow ended up the ninth pick out of an undistinguished group of 16”
      — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

    Sources

    “Jackson nor Rashad Evans seemed to know much about Nelson’s past as an ifl champion when they were selecting their teams.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005ZMF3A8JDBTN5B9H8
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    Cite and reuse

    CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Roy Nelson. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005ZMF3A8JDBTN5B9H8 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M6C1R005ZMF3A8JDBTN5B9H8, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Roy Nelson}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005ZMF3A8JDBTN5B9H8}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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