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Gunnar Nelson

Reykjavik, Iceland•Welterweight

Pro Record Summary

19–6

89%Finish Rate

Wins19

3KO/TKO16%

2DEC11%

14SUB74%

0DQ0%

Losses6

1KO/TKO17%

5DEC83%

0SUB0%

0DQ0%

328-99 Opponents' Combined Record •77% Win

2025•0-1

L

19-6-1

Kevin Holland26-13

UFC Fight Night

DEC (Unanimous)Mar 22, 2025

R3 · 5:00

2023•1-0

W

19-5-1

Bryan Barberena18-9

UFC 286

SUB (Armbar)Mar 18, 2023

R1 · 4:51POTN

2022•1-0

W

18-5-1

Takashi Sato16-4

UFC Fight Night

DEC (Unanimous)Mar 19, 2022

R3 · 5:00

2019•0-2

L

17-5-1

Gilbert Burns16-3

UFC on ESPN+ 18

DEC (Unanimous)Sep 28, 2019

R3 · 5:00

L

17-4-1

Leon Edwards16-3

UFC on ESPN+ 5

DEC (Split)Mar 16, 2019

R3 · 5:00

2018•1-0

W

17-3-1

Alex Oliveira20-5-1

UFC 231

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)Dec 8, 2018

R2 · 4:17

2017•1-1

L

16-3-1

Santiago Ponzinibbio24-3

UFC Fight Night 113

TKO (Punches)Jul 16, 2017

R1 · 1:22

W

16-2-1

Alan Jouban15-4

UFC Fight Night 107

SUB (Guillotine Choke)Mar 18, 2017

R2 · 0:46POTN

2016•1-0

W

15-2-1

Albert Tumenov15-3

UFC Fight Night 87

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)May 8, 2016

R2 · 3:15POTN

2015•1-1

L

14-2-1

Demian Maia21-6

UFC 194

DEC (Unanimous)Dec 12, 2015

R3 · 5:00

W

14-1-1

Brandon Thatch11-2

UFC 189

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)Jul 11, 2015

R1 · 2:54

2014•2-1

L

13-1-1

Rick Story17-8

UFC Fight Night 53

DEC (Split)Oct 4, 2014

R5 · 5:00

W

13-0-1

Zak Cummings17-3

UFC Fight Night 46

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)Jul 19, 2014

R2 · 4:48POTN

W

12-0-1

Omari Akhmedov13-1

UFC Fight Night 37

SUB (Guillotine Choke)Mar 8, 2014

R1 · 4:36POTN

2013•1-0

W

11-0-1

Jorge Santiago26-10

UFC on FUEL TV 7

DEC (Unanimous)Feb 16, 2013

R3 · 5:00

2012•2-0

W

10-0-1

DaMarques Johnson16-11

UFC on FUEL TV 5

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)Sep 29, 2012

R1 · 3:34UFC DEBUT

W

9-0-1

Alexander Butenko17-5

Cage Contender 12

SUB (Armbar)Feb 25, 2012

R1 · 4:21

2010•3-0

W

8-0-1

Eugene Fadiora9-0

BAMMA

SUBSep 25, 2010

W

7-0-1

Danny Mitchell8-1

Cage Contender

SUBAug 28, 2010

W

6-0-1

Sam Elsdon1-0

BAMMA

SUBFeb 13, 2010

2008•1-0

W

5-0-1

Iran Mascarenhas0-3

TKOSep 6, 2008

2007•4-0-1

W

4-0-1

Barry Mairs0-0

Angrrr Management

TKODec 9, 2007

W

3-0-1

Niek Tromp5-1-1

SUBNov 24, 2007

W

2-0-1

Adam Slawinski0-0

TKOOct 6, 2007

W

1-0-1

Driss El Bakara1-1-1

Cage Rage

SUBSep 29, 2007

DR

0-0-1

John Olesen0-0

May 5, 2007