Nelson - I might go into MMA after football
Matt Aldridge 18 Oct 2017
Although only in the infancy of his football
career, Reiss Nelson already has an eye on
what he might like to do in later life.
The 17-year-old has burst into the first-
team picture in recent weeks, impressing in
both the Carabao Cup and Europa League.
Away from football, though, Nelson is an
avid MMA fan and admires the sport’s
biggest star Conor McGregor, who switched
sports himself in August to fight Floyd
Mayweather.
“I watched the McGregor fight,” said
Nelson to the Arsenal Magazine. “And for
the first couple of rounds I felt he was
doing really well and he had Mayweather
on the back foot, so I was confident that it
would be a good fight and he might win,
but then as the rounds went on he got
pretty tired.
“I knew that from his previous UFC fights
that he may tire out, like he did against
Nate Diaz, and that’s what happened.
Mayweather had his way in the last couple
of rounds.
“I was backing McGregor all the way.
I’m a really big UFC fan. I think his aura
and his personality are really great. I like to
watch a lot of his documentaries and his
vlog, and I think he’s just come up from
nothing really. He was a plumber before he
became a fighter, he’s worked really hard
and his story is great.