Roy Nelson

United States
Born 1976-06-20

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

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
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

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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.
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@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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