Roy Nelson KO's Minotauro Nogueira UFC Fight Night 39

The main event of UFC Fight Night 39 is finally upon us, and we have a great Heavyweight clash in store. Former UFC interim Heavyweight champion, Minotauro Nogueira, returns to the Octagon after a nine month sabbatical to take on the heavy handed Roy Nelson. Minotauro Nogueira has not fought since June of last year, where he was submitted by Fabricio Werdum in Brazil. Nogueira has exchanged wins and losses in his last eight fights. While he is certainly on the downside of his career, Nogueira is still extremely dangerous and a bonafide MMA legend.Big Nog tried walking Nelson down in the beginning of the 1st round, but it was Nelson who struck first blood, landing that clubbing right hand early on Nogueira. On this occasion, he did not rush in to look for the quick finish. Nogueira soon recovered and they resumed a fight that was contested entirely on the feet.The two grapplers decided stand and trade punches for all of the nearly three minutes that their bout lasted and Nelson's power proved to be superior as he scored a walk-off KO win over the Brazilian.The round began with the taller Nogueira pumping his lead jab out at Nelson as the corpulent warrior covered up, crouched and bobbed. After about one minute, Nelson landed his first overhand right, dropping "Big Nog," to the canvas. The submission ace seemed to regain his bearings immediately as he looked up at Nelson from an open guard. When they returned to their feet, it was more of the same - Nogueira confidently pumping his jab, catching mostly air, and Nelson bobbing and weaving out of danger. Nelson got inside and took advantage of Nogueira's low hands once more with an overhand to the chin, knocking the former Pride and UFC champ down again. Nogueira got back to his feet but it was clear that he was done as he wobbled back and forth before taking one more blast to the chin, putting him down, cold and out for good - his arms and legs stretched out, stiffly.For Big Nog, it was probably should be the final fight of his career. Nog turns 38 in June and has dropped two straight, 3 of 4, 4 of 6 and 5 of 8 with 3 of those losses coming by knockout.