Twitter reacts to Roy Nelson’s UFC Fight Night 39 KO of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Roy Nelson’s long trip from the U.S. to Abu Dhabi proved worthwhile as he earned a much-needed victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the UFC Fight Night 39 main event.

Nelson (20-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC) entered the event on a two-fight losing streak and looked poor in both showings. While some pundits speculated that the 37-year-old may be over the hill, his first-round knockout of Nogueira (34-9-1 MMA, 5-5 UFC) in the UFC Fight Pass headliner showed he still has plenty left in the tank.

To see what fighters, media members and more in the MMA community thought about arguably the most significant victory of Nelson’s career, check out these Twitter reactions:

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Big Nog vs. Big Country. It’s main event time. Who do you guys have winning? #UFCFightNight

— UFCONFOX (@UFCONFOX) April 11, 2014

Here we go!!! Roy Nelson vs Big Nog live on #UFCFightPass — Dana White (@danawhite) April 11, 2014

Predicted Nog will get the winin our staff picks. I’ll watch the first five minutes with my hands over my eyes and hope we get to a second.

— Dann Stupp (@MMAjunkieDann) April 11, 2014

Let’s go @Minotauromma ! @UFC_CA @UFC_FightPass #FightNightAbuDhabi ! — The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) April 11, 2014

Nelson knocks Nog down 61 seconds into the first round. He’s back up.

— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) April 11, 2014

Please save Nogueira’s life, Leon Roberts. — Nick Yidiaris (@NYid07) April 11, 2014

Walk-off finish. Brutal work from “Big Country.”

— John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) April 11, 2014

Wow! Big Country!!!! — UFC (@ufc) April 11, 2014

This fight was over before it even started.

— Ryan McKinnell (@RyanMcKinnell) April 11, 2014

WHOOOOOOOA — Dave Sholler (@Sholler_UFC) April 11, 2014

Yeah Roy Nelson just utterly destroyed Nogueira.

— Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) April 11, 2014

Whoooo what a KO by big country!! Nasty — STORMIN NORMAN PARKE (@norman_parke) April 11, 2014

Holy Shit!!!!

— Dana White (@danawhite) April 11, 2014

Should’ve stopped it 15 seconds earlier. Hate to see that. — Dann Stupp (@MMAjunkieDann) April 11, 2014

:(

— Kyra Gracie (@kyragracie) April 11, 2014

Fudge — Mitch Clarke (@MitchClarkeMMA) April 11, 2014

Roy Mf-in Nelson #UFCFightNight

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) April 11, 2014

Ohh man … — Raphael Assuncao (@RaphaAssuncao) April 11, 2014

Am I the only one that didn’t see the KO cuz my fight pass froze!!

— Michael Johnson (@FollowTheMenace) April 11, 2014

Holy crap @roynelsonmma ! — Cole Miller (@colemillerATT) April 11, 2014

Love Big Nog, a legend but I never want to see him fight again. Nelson looked sharp. Set up combos with feints & was patient. #UFCAbuDhabi

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) April 11, 2014

I say that re: Big Nog out of respect for the man. I don’t want to see him get hurt again. Man has given us enough great fights #UFCAbuDhabi — Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) April 11, 2014

Roy with the galloping right hand ????lol

— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) April 11, 2014

Its hard to see a legend go down like that. Big Nog had some big wins in Brazil, won Pride and UFC titles, I think its best he hangs them up — Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) April 11, 2014

Never fun to see a legend like @Minotauromma go down like that but always gotta expect it when @roynelsonmma is fighting, awesome @ufc 2 see

— Steven Siler (@Stevesiler) April 11, 2014

Wow tough to watch. . Those were some big overhands. Nog couldn’t get out of the way. — Mike Brown (@mikebrownmma) April 11, 2014

holy fucking shit Big Nog was out cold great win @roynelsonmma

— Mike Kogan (@MikeKogan) April 11, 2014

UFC Fight Night 39 results: Roy Nelson def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:37 — John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) April 11, 2014

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