LT Nelson battles Serob Minasyan at BKB 56 on July 18th in Los Angeles. As the 2 division BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing titleholder touched upon how he’s doing, LT Nelson stated [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Excited to carry out and throw down at one other weight class, man. It’s my love simply to be an entertainer and entertain. So, I simply can’t wait to do what I do.”
With ‘Smash’ Nelson being the tremendous middleweight and middleweight champion in BKB, he’s now making ready to marketing campaign in a 3rd weight class for extra {hardware}. When requested if there have been specific amendments made to get all the way down to tremendous welterweight for this conflict right here in California, LT Nelson said [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“No, man, I’m like all the time across the similar. Really after I first got here to Naked Knuckle I needed to battle at ’55 and for some cause I received a battle at ’65 then I received fights at ’60. Then the remainder of the fights at ’65 then or tremendous middleweight, middleweight, and whatnot. I used to battle on the tremendous welterweight weight class in Glory Kickboxing, my previous; I’ve received plenty of fights heavier than that as effectively. However, my regular weight class was usually 155 lbs.”
“So, I’m excited to return down and present those that I weighed in underweight for many of my different fights. Not as a result of I used to be reducing an excessive amount of weight or one thing. Simply because I don’t stroll round that heavy. Then I wish to quick for twenty-four hours earlier than my weigh-ins and I naturally simply lose that weight. So it’s; I imply it’ll be a pair extra kilos than regular than I’ve to lose, nevertheless it’s nothing loopy in any respect for me.”
“I’m doing the identical previous factor. Simply altering up my coaching type a bit for Serob and the way he’s. Simply making an attempt to making an attempt to only make my very own type and my very own method higher, extra technically sound and make much less errors each time I throw down, man.”
Pertaining to the machinations of the matchup with Minasyan that awaits him on Saturday evening, LT Nelson quipped [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“He’s shorter however he seems to be compact and clearly he’s at that weight class. So he’s like not a small, little dude. He’s nonetheless a weight class I’m preventing in, You understand what I’m saying? So, he’s a compact [guy] and plenty of these compact, smaller dudes are down and particularly from different nations too. They’re all the way down to throw bombs and so they’re all the way down to get in wars and so they’re harmful, man. However I really feel like lots of people particularly on this naked knuckle sport are harmful.”
“It doesn’t matter this and that, however we’re simply going to steer clear of making an attempt to love rush into something. You understand what I’m saying? I management the state of affairs. I management the fights and I regulate to the fights. So, I’m going to try this accordingly… I’m going to be smarter, extra technically sound, and draw some issues out. Proper off that first belt, we’re going to begin touching and see the place the battle takes us.”
“Man, we all the time have a sport plan by way of I’m in form. I all the time have a sport plan by way of I’m in form and I’ve cardio and this and that. However we simply slowly like tighten issues up and alter issues up in response to the opponent. Serob’s harmful, a harmful man and we’re going to not take him frivolously. However I’m going for that knockout like all the time however we’re ready for struggle.”
LT Nelson: “I carry on constructing my legacy” at BKB 56
Whereas already inducted into the Naked Knuckle Boxing Corridor of Fame, ‘Smash’ nonetheless has large targets, which have been touched on when LT Nelson stated [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“I carry on constructing my legacy. That is one other method for me to point out and cement. Present those that I’m the pound-for-pound king of naked knuckle. I’m about to tackle my third weight class and never solely take it on, I’m going to take it over and I’m going to get that belt.”
Inside that context, when requested if BKB has expressly said if this contest over the weekend is a title eliminator, LT Nelson said [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Sure. I imply as they’ve been speaking to me, that is 100%. They have been just about saying like, “Let me get my toes moist at 154 lbs earlier than they provide me the title shot.” Simply kind of like possibly to make it appear extra okay for the opposite individuals in that division or this or that. Perhaps to point out those that I could make that weight. I’m not simply being a sure sort of method. Make the load and carry out amazingly effectively. Then subsequent battle I’m gonna go smash and get my third world title.”
