Gunnar Nelson

🇮🇸 ︎

(1988-07-28)

Statistics

UFC Record: 10-6

By Method:

KO/TKO: 0-1
Submission: 8-0
Decision: 2-5

By Elo:

As Favorite: 7-3
As Underdog: 3-3

By Weight Class:

Welterweight: 9-6

By Round:

Round 1: 4-1
Round 2: 4-0
Round 3: 2-4
Round 5: 0-1

By Type:

Main Event: 0-2
Ranked Opponent: 2-3

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: L L W W L

Elo: 2934

Peak Elo: 3117 (2017-03-18)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2889 (#200)

Bonuses: 5 (0 FOTN, 5 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 10m 20s

Total Fight Time: 2h 45m 23s

Avg Time Between Fights: 196 days

Avg Card Placement: 3.3

Peak Rankings:

#8 Welterweight

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History

2025-03-22
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady

⭐ Kevin Holland (32) 🇺🇸 ︎
L L W L L • 13-10 (1 NC)
Elo: 2895 (25%)
30

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇮🇸 ︎ Gunnar Nelson (36)
10-5 • W W L L W
Elo: 3083 (75%)
27

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎

2023-03-18
UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3

⭐ Gunnar Nelson (34) 🇮🇸 ︎
W L L W L • 9-5
Elo: 3028 (72%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R1
4:51

🇨🇴 ︎ 🇺🇸 ︎ Bryan Barberena (33)
9-7 • L W W W L
Elo: 2862 (28%)

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎

2022-03-19
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall

Gunnar Nelson (33) 🇮🇸 ︎
L L W L W • 8-5
Elo: 2999 (86%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇯🇵 ︎ Takashi Sato (31)
2-2 • W L W L
Elo: 2690 (14%)

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎

2019-09-28
UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier

Gilbert Burns (33) 🇧🇷 ︎
W L W W W • 9-3
Elo: 3123 (55%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇮🇸 ︎ Gunnar Nelson (31)
8-4 • L W L W W
Elo: 3089 (45%)

Royal Arena
Copenhagen
Denmark 🇩🇰 ︎

2019-03-16
UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal

Leon Edwards (27) 🇬🇧 ︎ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ︎ 🇯🇲 ︎
W W W W W • 8-2
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 3152 (56%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇮🇸 ︎ Gunnar Nelson (30)
8-3 • W L W W L
Elo: 3111 (44%) • UFC rank: #13

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎

2018-12-08
UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega

Gunnar Nelson (30) 🇮🇸 ︎
L W W L W • 7-3
UFC rank: #14 • Elo: 2976 (32%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R2
4:17

🇧🇷 ︎ Alex Oliveira (30)
9-3 (1 NC) • W W L W W
Elo: 3104 (68%) • UFC rank: #13

Scotiabank Arena
Toronto
Canada 🇨🇦 ︎

2017-07-16
UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio

⭐ Santiago Ponzinibbio (30) 🇦🇷 ︎
L W W W W • 6-2
UFC rank: #14 • Elo: 2966 (30%)

WELTERWEIGHT
KO
R1
1:22

🇮🇸 ︎ Gunnar Nelson (28)
7-2 • W W L W L
Elo: 3117 (70%) • UFC rank: #8

The SSE Hydro
Glasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎

2017-03-18
UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson

⭐ Gunnar Nelson (28) 🇮🇸 ︎
W L W L W • 6-2
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 3029 (56%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R2
0:46

🇺🇸 ︎ Alan Jouban (35)
6-2 • W L W W W
Elo: 2987 (44%)

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎

2016-05-08
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski

⭐ Gunnar Nelson (27) 🇮🇸 ︎
L W L W W • 5-2
Elo: 2925 (48%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R2
3:15

🇷🇺 ︎ Albert Tumenov (24)
5-1 • W W W W W
Elo: 2939 (52%) • UFC rank: #13

Rotterdam Ahoy
Rotterdam
Netherlands 🇳🇱 ︎

2015-12-12
UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor

Demian Maia (38) 🇧🇷 ︎
L L W W W • 15-6
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3165 (75%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇮🇸 ︎ Gunnar Nelson (27)
5-1 • W L W W W
Elo: 2975 (25%) • UFC rank: #12

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

2015-07-11
UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor

Gunnar Nelson (26) 🇮🇸 ︎
L W W W W • 4-1
UFC rank: #15 • Elo: 2900 (62%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R1
2:54

🇺🇸 ︎ Brandon Thatch (30)
2-1 • W W L
Elo: 2812 (38%)

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

2014-10-03
UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story

Rick Story (30) 🇺🇸 ︎
W L W L W • 10-6
Elo: 2904 (44%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇮🇸 ︎ Gunnar Nelson (26)
4-0 • W W W W
Elo: 2946 (56%) • UFC rank: #12

Ericsson Globe Arena
Stockholm
Sweden 🇸🇪 ︎

2014-07-19
UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandão

⭐ Gunnar Nelson (25) 🇮🇸 ︎
W W W • 3-0
UFC rank: #13 • Elo: 2899 (77%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R2
4:48

🇺🇸 ︎ Zak Cummings (29)
2-0 • W W
Elo: 2693 (23%)

3Arena
Dublin
Ireland 🇮🇪 ︎

2014-03-08
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa

⭐ Gunnar Nelson (25) 🇮🇸 ︎
W W • 2-0
Elo: 2859 (80%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R1
4:36

🇷🇺 ︎ Omari Akhmedov (26)
1-0 • W
Elo: 2618 (20%)

The O2 Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎

2013-02-16
UFC on Fuel TV: Barão vs. McDonald

Gunnar Nelson (24) 🇮🇸 ︎
W • 1-0
Elo: 2738 (40%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷 ︎ Jorge Santiago (32)
1-4 • W L L L L
Elo: 2811 (60%)

Wembley Arena
London, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎

2012-09-29
UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs. Miocic

Gunnar Nelson (24) 🇮🇸 ︎
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2686 (74%)

CATCHWEIGHT (183 LB)
SUB
R1
3:34

🇺🇸 ︎ DaMarques Johnson (30)
4-5 • W L W L L
Elo: 2505 (26%)

Capital FM Arena
Nottingham, England
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ︎