Gunnar Nelson

Record:

win

loss

draw

Wins by:

sub

dec

n/a

Losses by:

sub

dec

n/a

Percentages:

21%

68%

sub

89%

finish

20%

finish

Last 4 fights:

SUB

DEC

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Age

Weight

170lbs (77kg)

Height

5'11" (1.8m)

Reach

6'0" (1.83m)

Weight Class

welterweight

Debut

2007-05-05

Career

2007 - 2023

Stance

Orthodox

Rank

Style

Brazilian Jiujitsu

Birth

1988-07-28

Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland

Residence

Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Fighting Out Of

Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Strengths

Superior ground game, excellent submissions, efficient striker

Weaknesses

Struggles against aggressive strikers, takedown defense, lack of knockout power

Notes

Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, training partner of Conor McGregor, Icelandic fighter

Fight Record

19-5-1-0

Welterweight bout

Kevin Holland

26-13-0-1

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Edwards vs Della Maddalena

22 Mar 25

London

the o2 arena

18-5-1-0

SUB

4:51 Armbar

Welterweight bout

SUB

Bryan Barberena

18-9-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC 286

Edwards vs Usman 3

18 Mar 23

London

the o2 arena

17-5-1-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Welterweight bout

DEC

Takashi Sato

15-4-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Volkov vs Aspinall

19 Mar 22

London

the o2 arena

17-4-1-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Welterweight bout

DEC

Gilbert Burns

16-3-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Hermansson vs Cannonier

28 Sep 19

Copenhagen

Royal Arena

17-3-1-0

DEC

5:00 Split

(29-27, 29-28, 28-29)

Welterweight bout

DEC

Leon Edwards

16-3-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Till vs Masvidal

16 Mar 19

London

the o2 arena

16-3-1-0

SUB

4:17 Rear-Naked Choke

Welterweight bout

SUB

Alex Oliveira

20-5-1-2

Welterweight bout

UFC 231

Holloway vs Ortega

08 Dec 18

Toronto

Scotiabank Arena

16-2-1-0

1:22 Punches

Welterweight bout

Santiago Ponzinibbio

24-3-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Nelson vs Ponzinibbio

16 Jul 17

Glasgow

The SSE Hydro

15-2-1-0

SUB

0:46 Guillotine Choke

Welterweight bout

SUB

Alan Jouban

15-4-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Manuwa vs Anderson

18 Mar 17

London

the o2 arena

14-2-1-0

SUB

3:15 Rear-Naked Choke

Welterweight bout

SUB

Albert Tumenov

17-2-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Overeem vs Arlovski

08 May 16

Rotterdam

Rotterdam Ahoy

14-1-1-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(30-26, 30-25, 30-25)

Welterweight bout

DEC

Demian Maia

21-6-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC 194

Aldo vs Mcgregor

12 Dec 15

Las Vegas

MGM Grand Garden Arena

13-1-1-0

SUB

2:54 Rear-Naked Choke

Welterweight bout

SUB

Brandon Thatch

11-2-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC 189

Mendes vs Mcgregor

11 Jul 15

Las Vegas

MGM Grand Garden Arena

13-0-1-0

DEC

5:00 Split

DEC

Rick Story

17-7-0-0

UFC Fight Night

Macdonald vs Saffiedine

04 Oct 14

Halifax

Scotiabank Centre

12-0-1-0

SUB

4:48 Rear-Naked Choke

Welterweight bout

SUB

Zak Cummings

17-3-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Mcgregor vs Brandao

19 Jul 14

Dublin

The O2

11-0-1-0

SUB

4:36 Guillotine Choke

Welterweight bout

SUB

Omari Akhmedov

13-1-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC Fight Night

Gustafsson vs Manuwa

08 Mar 14

London

the o2 arena

10-0-1-0

DEC

5:00 Unanimous

(29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Welterweight bout

DEC

Jorge Santiago

25-10-0-0

Welterweight bout

UFC On Fuel Tv

Barao vs Mcdonald

16 Feb 13

London

wembley arena

9-0-1-0

SUB

3:34 Rear-Naked Choke

Catchweight-183 bout

SUB

Da Johnson

16-11-0-0

Catchweight-183 bout

UFC On Fuel Tv

Struve vs Miocic

29 Sep 12

Nottingham

Capital FM Arena

8-0-1-0

SUB

4:21 Armbar

SUB

Alexander Butenko

5-0-0-0

Cage Contender Xii 12

25 Feb 12

Dublin

7-0-1-0

SUB

3:51 Neck Crank

Welterweight bout

SUB

Eugene Fadiora

4-0-0-0

Welterweight bout

BAMMA 4

Reid vs Watson

25 Sep 10

Birmingham

National Indoor Arena

6-0-1-0

SUB

2:51 Rear-Naked Choke

SUB

Danny Mitchell

8-1-0-0

Cage Contender Vi 6

Nelson vs Mitchell

28 Aug 10

Chester

5-0-1-0

SUB

2:30 Rear-Naked Choke

Welterweight bout

SUB

Sam Elsdon

0-0-0-0

Welterweight bout

BAMMA 2

Roundhouses At The Roundhouse

13 Feb 10

London

The Roundhouse

4-0-1-0

3:22 Punch

Iran Mascarenhas

0-1-0-0

Adrenaline MMA 3

Evolution

06 Sep 08

Copenhagen

3-0-1-0

TKO

3:38 Punches

TKO

Barry Mairs

0-0-0-0

Angrrr Management 14

Ready For War

09 Dec 07

London

2-0-1-0

TKO

1:50 Punches

TKO

Niek Tromp

0-0-0-0

JUIZ De Fora 22

Fight 5

24 Nov 07

Dublin

1-0-1-0

TKO

2:30 Punches

TKO

Adam Slawinski

0-0-0-0

Ultimate Fighting Revolution 10

06 Oct 07

Galway

0-0-1-0

SUB

3:46 Armbar

SUB

Driss Bakara

0-0-0-0

Cage Rage Contenders

Dynamite

29 Sep 07

Dublin

0-0-0-0

DRW

5:00 Split

DRW

John Olesen

0-0-0-0

Adrenaline MMA sports tournament

Feel The Rush

05 May 07

Copenhagen

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Name

KO%

SUB%

DEC%

Finish%

Record

Adam Slawinski

Alan Jouban

59%

35%

65%

Albert Tumenov

56%

44%

56%

Alexander Butenko

18%

55%

27%

73%

Alex Oliveira

60%

20%

80%

Barry Mairs

Brandon Thatch

73%

27%

100%

Bryan Barberena

61%

11%

28%

72%

Da Johnson

38%

50%

12%

88%

Danny Mitchell

30%

60%

10%

90%

Demian Maia

11%

50%

39%

61%

Driss Bakara

Eugene Fadiora

33%

50%

17%

83%

Gilbert Burns

27%

41%

32%

68%

Iran Mascarenhas

John Olesen

Jorge Santiago

40%

52%

92%

Kevin Holland

54%

31%

15%

85%

Leon Edwards

32%

14%

55%

45%

Niek Tromp

Omari Akhmedov

33%

29%

38%

62%

Rick Story

19%

24%

57%

43%

Sam Elsdon

Santiago Ponzinibbio

53%

23%

77%

Takashi Sato

73%

13%

87%

Zak Cummings

24%

48%

28%

72%

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