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Gunnar Nelson förklarar: ”Fem stycken i top-10 tackade nej till match mot mig”

Enligt Gunnar Nelson var det inte helt enkelt att få till en match under UFCs vistelse till London. Nelson som endast förlorat två gånger i sin karriär fann det extremt svårt att få till en match under London-galan. Nelson hade efterlyst att få möta någon fighter i top-10 men UFC-matchmakers hade det inte lätt, enligt uppgifter skall fem stycken i top-10 tackat nej till en match mot Nelson. Till slut fann de Alan Jouban. Inte en match Nelson främst ville ha, men Islands-sonen har aldrig tackat nej till en match och så blev även fallet denna gång. Genom FOX Sports hade Nelson följande att säga.

This is what happened really. Obviously, I was announced late on the London card because it took a long time for me to get an opponent. Also, the card was supposed to be full, we were trying to get on it and they said it was full. Then they came back and said ‘you want to be co-main?’ and we were like hell yeah. So they went through all these guys and I guess no one was willing to fight. I don’t know what was going on. Some said they were injured. Some were out indefinitely.

It was about five guys I believe they said that wouldn’t take the fight. All top 10 guys. Then they said this guy Alan Jouban, he wants the fight and I’m like let’s go. Props for him stepping up.

En frustrerad Nelson gav Jouban respekt för att han bjöd upp till match, men gav en känga till alla welterviktare i top-10.

I guess I don’t know if it’s the fighters themselves or the managers, but I believe ultimately the fighter will decide. It is frustrating. I had a good victory in my last one and I was hoping to get a top 10 [opponent] this time, but I guess it’s not bad. I got a fight. I basically wanted to step in there and fight and Alan stepped up. In this case, I’m fighting somebody and I have everything to lose and he had everything to win. I was supposed to win this fight on paper.

I guess I’m showing that I’ll do that. I expect those guys to do the same. That’s how it is. You can’t always fight guys who are higher ranked.

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Vidare sade Nelson att en fight mot Stephen Thompson eller Robbie Lawler är två matcher som intresserar islänningen.

I would love to fight ’Wonderboy’, That’s a fight people seem to want to see. That’s the fight that’s most hyped up right now. A fight with him, a good win over “Wonderboy” would be huge for my career. I would love that but as I said, I would fight any of them. Robbie Lawler is a big one as well. Any of them guys. To be honest, I understand that I could fight Robbie or ’Wonderboy’ and it would skip some steps to get that money and the gold and I like that idea. But ultimately, I believe I will fight all those guys. In what order is not the most important thing to me.

Nelson gick sin senaste match mot Jouban, en match Nelson vann genom guillotine-strypning i rond 2. Nelson har vunnit sina två senaste matcher och har ett MMA-facit på 16–2–1.

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