Gunnar Nelson
“Gunni”
WelterweightActive
Career record
19–6–1
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
10–6–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
0KO8SUB2DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
1KO0SUB5DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1988-07-28 · age 38
- Height
- 5′ 11″ (71 in)
- Reach
- 72 in
- Leg reach
- 40 in
- Stance
- Switch
- Country
- Iceland
- Hometown
- Akureyri, Iceland
- Gym / team
- Mjölnir, Reykjavik Iceland
- Octagon debut
- 2012-09-29
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 1.77
- Striking accuracy
- 61%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 3.06
- Striking defence
- 48%
- Takedown average
- 2.00
- Takedown accuracy
- 52%
- Takedown defence
- 68%
- Submission average
- 1.00
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
16 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-22 | Kevin Holland | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady |
| 2023-03-18 | Bryan Barberena | Win | Submission · R1 · 4:51 | Welterweight | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 |
| 2022-03-19 | Takashi Sato | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall |
| 2019-09-28 | Gilbert Burns | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier |
| 2019-03-16 | Leon Edwards | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal |
| 2018-12-08 | Alex Oliveira | Win | Submission · R2 · 4:17 | Welterweight | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega |
| 2017-07-16 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | Loss | TKO · R1 · 1:22 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio |
| 2017-03-18 | Alan Jouban | Win | Submission · R2 · 0:46 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson |
| 2016-05-08 | Albert Tumenov | Win | Submission · R2 · 3:15 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski |
| 2015-12-12 | Demian Maia | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor |
| 2015-07-11 | Brandon Thatch | Win | Submission · R1 · 2:54 | Welterweight | UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor |
| 2014-10-04 | Rick Story | Loss | Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story |
| 2014-07-19 | Zak Cummings | Win | Submission · R2 · 4:48 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao |
| 2014-03-08 | Omari Akhmedov | Win | Submission · R1 · 4:36 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa |
| 2013-02-16 | Jorge Santiago | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald |
| 2012-09-29 | DaMarques Johnson | Win | Submission · R1 · 3:34 | Catchweight | UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 16 rows in the archive list Gunnar Nelson as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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