The news that longtime UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson had signed a deal with Bellator was surprising because, well, nobody knew “Big Country” was a free agent. The 40-year-old Nelson kept his situation under wraps because, in his own words, “anything can happen in MMA.”
That’s what Nelson explained on Monday during an appearance on The MMA Hour. He said his decision to sign with Bellator boiled down to doing the right thing by him and his family.
“Yeah, I think it’s just one of those things — what’s best for my family, not what’s best for everybody else,” he said.