by Kenny James
from sherdog.com:

It took Roy Nelson less than a minute to knock out Dave Herman at UFC 146 on May 26. Coming off the win, “Big Country” joined the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show to discuss whom he’d like to fight next, whether he’d use testosterone replacement therapy and more. On why he lobbied for a fight against Cain Velasquez at UFC 146: “Actually fans wanted it, and I was just all for it. I think you guys have him ranked like No. 2 in the world. It just makes sense because I’ve got to go off the press on how the rankings are.”

On whether he really cares about rankings: “Actually the rankings don’t mean crap to me, as in like me personally. The fans read basically blogs or whoever has a web site, and they’re basically misguided. It’s just about educating the fans. I think that’s really -- it’s just more disheartening that a lot of fans will read a lot of different things and then pick up things.” On Shane Carwin being ranked: “He’s definitely one of the upper guys, but I’m assuming you’ve got to win to get in the top 10. I mean, I’m always trying to understand how the top 10 [works]. I think MMA Weekly has Stefan Struve at No. 10. … I think you guys had...

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