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Gunnar Nelson
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Gunnar Nelson

"Gunni"
19-6-1
Grappling 3-4
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CAREER SUMMARY

Gunnar Nelson holds a professional MMA record of 19-6-1. Their full professional MMA career spans 26 bouts on record. Gunnar Nelson has won 19 fights: 3 by KO/TKO, 8 by submission, 8 by decision. Gunnar Nelson also has 7 recorded Grappling bouts. Most recent fight: March 22, 2025. Tracked organizations: UFC.

Profile

Height
5'11"180 cm
Weight
170 lbs77 kg
Reach
72"183 cm
Stance
—
DOB
1988-07-28

UFC career

Source: UFCStats.com · Record: 19-6-1

SLpM
1.77
Str. Acc.
61%
SApM
3.06
Str. Def.
—
TD Avg.
2.00
TD Acc.
52%
TD Def.
68%
Sub. Avg.
—

Career history

  1. CXLD
    vs Neil Magny
    UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3· Jul 19, 2025· Welterweight
    —
  2. LOSS
    vs Kevin Holland
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Brady· Mar 22, 2025· Welterweight· 19-5-1 vs 26-13
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  3. WIN
    vs Bryan Barberena
    UFCUFC 286: Edwards vs Usman 3· Mar 18, 2023· Welterweight· 18-5-1 vs 18-9
    SUB
    R1 · 4:51
  4. CXLD
    vs Daniel Rodriguez
    UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3· Mar 18, 2023· Welterweight
    —
  5. WIN
    vs Takashi Sato
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Volkov vs Aspinall· Mar 19, 2022· Welterweight· 17-5-1 vs 16-4
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  6. CXLD
    vs Claudio Silva
    UFC Fight Night· Mar 19, 2022· Welterweight
    —
  7. LOSS
    vs Gilbert Burns
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Cannonier· Sep 28, 2019· Welterweight· 17-4-1 vs 16-3
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  8. CXLD
    vs Thiago Alves
    UFC on ESPN+ 18· Sep 28, 2019· Welterweight
    —
  9. LOSS
    vs Leon Edwards
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Till vs Masvidal· Mar 16, 2019· Welterweight· 17-3-1 vs 16-3
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  10. WIN
    vs Alex Oliveira
    UFCUFC 231: Holloway vs Ortega· Dec 9, 2018· Welterweight· 16-3-1 vs 20-5-1
    SUB
    R2 · 4:17
  11. CXLD
    vs Neil Magny
    UFC Fight Night 130· May 27, 2018· Welterweight
    —
  12. LOSS
    vs Santiago Ponzinibbio
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Ponzinibbio· Jul 16, 2017· Welterweight· 16-2-1 vs 24-3
    TKO
    R1 · 1:22
  13. WIN
    vs Alan Jouban
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs Anderson· Mar 18, 2017· Welterweight· 15-2-1 vs 15-4
    SUB
    R2 · 0:46
  14. CXLD
    vs Dong Hyun Kim
    UFC Fight Night 99· Nov 19, 2016· Welterweight
    —
  15. WIN
    vs Albert Tumenov
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski· May 8, 2016· Welterweight· 14-2-1 vs 15-3
    SUB
    R2 · 3:15
  16. LOSS
    vs Demian Maia
    UFCUFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor· Dec 12, 2015· Welterweight· 14-1-1 vs 21-6
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  17. WIN
    vs Brandon Thatch
    UFCUFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor· Jul 11, 2015· Welterweight· 13-1-1 vs 11-2
    SUB
    R1 · 2:54
  18. CXLD
    vs John Hathaway
    UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor· Jul 11, 2015· Welterweight
    —
  19. LOSS
    vs Rick Story
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs MacDonald· Oct 4, 2014· Welterweight· 13-0-1 vs 17-8
    SD
    R5 · 5:00
  20. WIN
    vs Zak Cummings
    UFCUFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao· Jul 19, 2014· Welterweight· 12-0-1 vs 17-3
    SUB
    R2 · 4:48
  21. CXLD
    vs Ryan LaFlare
    UFC Fight Night 46· Jul 19, 2014· Welterweight
    —
  22. WIN
    vs Omari Akhmedov
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa· Mar 8, 2014· Welterweight· 11-0-1 vs 13-1
    SUB
    R1 · 4:36
  23. CXLD
    vs Mike Pyle
    UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2· May 25, 2013· Welterweight
    —
  24. WIN
    vs Jorge Santiago
    UFCUFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald· Feb 16, 2013· Welterweight· 10-0-1 vs 26-10
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  25. CXLD
    vs Justin Edwards
    UFC on FUEL TV 7· Feb 16, 2013· Welterweight
    —
  26. WIN
    vs DaMarques Johnson
    UFCUFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic· Sep 29, 2012· Catchweight· 9-0-1 vs 16-11
    SUB
    R1 · 3:34
  27. CXLD
    vs Rich Attonito
    UFC on FUEL TV 5· Sep 29, 2012· Welterweight
    —
  28. CXLD
    vs Pascal Krauss
    UFC on FUEL TV 5· Sep 29, 2012· Welterweight
    —
  29. WIN
    vs Alexander Butenko
    Cage Contender 12· Feb 25, 2012· Welterweight· 8-0-1 vs 17-5
    —
    R1 · 4:21
  30. WIN
    vs Eugene Fadiora
    BAMMA· Sep 25, 2010· 7-0-1 vs 9-0
    —
  31. WIN
    vs Danny Mitchell
    Cage Contender· Aug 28, 2010· 6-0-1 vs 8-1
    —
  32. WIN
    vs Sam Elsdon
    BAMMA· Feb 13, 2010· 5-0-1 vs 1-0
    —
  33. WIN
    vs Iran Mascarenhas
    Denmark Regional· Sep 6, 2008· 4-0-1 vs 0-3
    TKO
  34. WIN
    vs Barry Mairs
    Angrrr Management· Dec 9, 2007· 3-0-1 vs 0-0
    TKO
  35. WIN
    vs Niek Tromp
    Ireland Regional· Nov 24, 2007· 2-0-1 vs 5-1-1
    —
  36. WIN
    vs Adam Slawinski
    Ireland Regional· Oct 6, 2007· 1-0-1 vs 0-0
    TKO
  37. WIN
    vs Driss El Bakara
    Cage Rage· Sep 29, 2007· 0-0-1 vs 1-1-1
    —
  38. DRAW
    vs John Olesen
    Denmark Regional· May 5, 2007· 0-0 vs 0-0
    DRAW

Career history data via Tapology.