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But after a poor performance against Frank Mir at UFC 130, where he tired out in the first round and looked exhausted by the end of the fight, brought the ire of UFC President Dana White. White lashed out at Nelson's performance after the event, and though he doesn't think Nelson should move to light heavyweight, he wants to see Nelson take his weight seriously.
As he said to Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com after the fight: "People talk about him making 205 [lbs.]. That would be a huge life change and a tough thing to do. How about 240? Let's make 240, Roy. The fat thing was funny for a while, it's not funny anymore. It's not funny when you're the co-main event in a big fight like that and the fight looks the way that it did tonight."
If Nelson wants to take it seriously and get himself into a better shape for the heavyweight division, there's a man willing to help, nutritionist Mike Dolce.
Dolce, who was working with Thiago Alves for the UFC 130 event, met with Nelson and his wife briefly during the weekend, would like a chance to work with Nelson, and believes he could help him get his weight into a better spot than he's in.
"In my honest and humble opinion, I believe I could help Roy Nelson unlock his full potential as an athlete, as a fighter, but also in health potential as a human being," Dolce said in an interview with MMAWeekly.com. "I used to be 280 pounds, so at five-foot-nine I walked around 20 pounds heavier than Roy weighed in at the UFC, and now I'm 188 pounds this morning at six percent body fat."
"I can get him down easily if he wants to be a chiseled heavyweight. I can certainly do that. If he wants to be a light heavyweight I can do that. I could probably get him down to middleweight depending on what his goals are. I could do it the most healthy way possible, extend his life, extend his vitality, all of those things. But in the short term take every possible advantage to get the utmost of his ability."
Dolce has worked with several UFC fighters, including Michael Bisping and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, and will be working with Matt Mitrione for his upcoming fight with Christian Morecraft. With Nelson, he sees an issue that's prevalent in the heavyweight division and their mindset, but he likes Nelson as a person and would like to help him if he'd want his help.
"The heavyweight division is just filled with guys that walk around not paying attention to diet because they only think in terms of weight class, they don't think in terms of longevity or athleticism," he said.
"I like the guy, I'd invite him to my house to have dinner with my family, that's the criteria for anybody I work with. Roy's on that list. His wife was very pleasant and personable. They're good people."
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Penick's Analysis: Nelson taking his diet more seriously can only help him in his overall game, and Dolce would be a big help in that respect. And if it becomes an issue of him taking it seriously or being possibly out of a spot on the UFC's roster, it would be smart of him to take Dolce up on his offer for assistance. I'd like to see Nelson trim down somewhat and not let his gut simply be a comical part of him, because that fight on Saturday did what Dana White said it did and made it not funny anymore. Not with what was on the line for him in a co-main event.
[Roy Nelson art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
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