UFC Heavyweight Roy Nelson Sets Stipulations for Drop to Light Heavyweight

Roy "Big Country" Nelson is a fighter who certainly lives up to his nickname.

For a long time, Nelson would weigh in at the heavyweight limit of 265, and it wasn't a Brock Lesnar 265. It was a fat 265.

That was his thing, and that was what people knew him as.

However, after a string of poor performances, Dana White said that he wanted Nelson to lose some weight, so he did. At UFC 143, he weighed in at 246.

Nelson ended up losing that fight, and dropped to 3-3 as a UFC heavyweight. Many fans thought that 246 wasn't enough, and that he should drop all the way down to light heavyweight.

Nelson has decided that he will drop to light heavyweight, if he gets 100,000 more likes on his official Facebook page.

From Nelson via MMAMania.com,

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The reason is my friend and I had a discussion about what was better? I think twitter just because of use and for fans interaction, but Facebook is 20x bigger. So we decided to bet. I said if it so easy and great I should be able add 100K fans in 2 weeks because I have that on twitter. Facebook is bigger and better so this should be easy. Right?

Bet is I will try to get to 205 if I can add 100k to Facebook.com/RoyNelsonUFC in two weeks. I love to win bets. Plus he will have to give me a part in his next movie.

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As of 10 AM on Monday, March 5, Nelson is at about 40,000 fans.

As of 10:05 AM on Monday, March 5, Nelson is at about 41,000 fans.

This could actually happen. Go like his Facebook page.

Tim McTiernan is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. For the latest news on everything MMA, follow him on twitter @TimMcTiernan.