Gunnar Nelson
Active“Gunni”
10-6-0
UFC record
- Division
- Welterweight
- Finish rate
- 80%
- UFC fights
- 16
- Active
- 2012–2025
- Height
- 5'11"
- Reach
- 72"
- Weight
- 170 lb
- Stance
- Switch
- DOB
- 1988-07-28 (38y 20d)
- Pro record
- 19-6-1
- Born
- Akureyri, Iceland
- SLpM
- 1.77
- Str Acc
- 61%
- SApM
- 3.06
- Str Def
- 48%
- TD Avg
- 2.00
- TD Acc
- 52%
- TD Def
- 68%
- Sub Avg
- 1.00
Fight history
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result | Method | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-22 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady | Kevin Holland | L | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2023-03-18 | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 | Bryan Barberena | W | SUB · Armbar | 1 | 4:51 | |
| 2022-03-19 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall | Takashi Sato | W | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2019-09-28 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier | Gilbert Burns | L | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2019-03-16 | UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal | Leon Edwards | L | S-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2018-12-08 | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega | Alex Oliveira | W | SUB · Rear Naked Choke | 2 | 4:17 | |
| 2017-07-16 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio | Santiago Ponzinibbio | L | KO/TKO · Punches | 1 | 1:22 | |
| 2017-03-18 | UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson | Alan Jouban | W | SUB · Guillotine Choke | 2 | 0:46 | |
| 2016-05-08 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski | Albert Tumenov | W | SUB · Rear Naked Choke | 2 | 3:15 | |
| 2015-12-12 | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor | Demian Maia | L | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2015-07-11 | UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor | Brandon Thatch | W | SUB · Rear Naked Choke | 1 | 2:54 | |
| 2014-10-04 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story | Rick Story | L | S-DEC | 5 | 5:00 | |
| 2014-07-19 | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao | Zak Cummings | W | SUB · Rear Naked Choke | 2 | 4:48 | |
| 2014-03-08 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa | Omari Akhmedov | W | SUB · Guillotine Choke | 1 | 4:36 | |
| 2013-02-16 | UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald | Jorge Santiago | W | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2012-09-29 | UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic | DaMarques Johnson | W | SUB · Rear Naked Choke | 1 | 3:34 |