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Gunnar Nelson

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Age: 36
Last 5: L L W W L
Association: Mjolnir
Pro Debut Date: 2007-05-05
Pro Record: 19-6-1
Current Ranking:
#48 Welterweight
'Big League' Record: 11-6-0
Last 3 Years: 1-1-0
Win Finish %: 89.5%
Combat Age: 43
Quality Perf. %: 69.2%
Last Quality Perf.: 2023-03-18
540 Metric: .455
Rating Points: 205
Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2017

#15 Welterweight
Last Fight Date: 3/22/2025 [UFC]
Last Opponent: [#16 WW] Kevin Holland
Opponent's Last 5: W L L W W
Next Fight: UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3
Next Opponent: [#33 WW] Neil Magny
Opponent's Last 5: W L W L L
UFC Record: 10-6-0
Octagon Time: 2:45:23
Longest Win Streak: 4 (2012-2014)
Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2022-2023)
UFC Debut: 2012-09-29
Last UFC Fight: 2025-03-22

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Kevin Holland
#17 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC Fight Night 255 - Edwards vs. Brady
Saturday, March 22nd 2025
W Bryan Barberena
#45 Welterweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  UFC 286 - Edwards vs. Usman 3
Saturday, March 18th 2023
W Takashi Sato
#88 Welterweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC Fight Night 204 - Volkov vs. Aspinall
Saturday, March 19th 2022
L Gilbert Burns
#32 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC Fight Night 160 - Hermansson vs. Canno...
Saturday, September 28th 2019
L Leon Edwards
#13 Welterweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
  UFC Fight Night 147 - Till vs. Masvidal
Saturday, March 16th 2019
W Alex Oliveira
#15 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
Saturday, December 8th 2018
L Santiago Ponzinibbio
#25 Welterweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC Fight Night 113 - Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
Sunday, July 16th 2017
W Alan Jouban
#31 Welterweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  UFC Fight Night 107 - Manuwa vs. Anderson
Saturday, March 18th 2017
W Albert Tumenov
#22 Welterweight 		Submission (Neck Crank)
Round 2
  UFC Fight Night 87 - Overeem vs. Arlovski
Sunday, May 8th 2016
L Demian Maia
#8 Welterweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 194 - Aldo vs. McGregor
Saturday, December 12th 2015
W Brandon Thatch
#47 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  UFC 189 - Mendes vs. McGregor
Saturday, July 11th 2015
L Rick Story
#33 Welterweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  UFC Fight Night - Nelson vs. Story
Saturday, October 4th 2014
W Zak Cummings
#65 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Brandao
Saturday, July 19th 2014
W Omari Akhmedov
#108 Middleweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  UFC Fight Night 38 - Gustafsson vs. Manuwa
Saturday, March 8th 2014
W Jorge Santiago
#22 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC on Fuel TV 7 - Barao vs. McDonald
Saturday, February 16th 2013
W DaMarques Johnson
#87 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  UFC on Fuel TV 5 - Struve vs. Miocic
Saturday, September 29th 2012
W Alexander Butenko
#573 Welterweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  CC 12 - Nelson vs. Butenko
Saturday, February 25th 2012
W Eugene Fadiora
#110 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  BAMMA - British Association of Mixed Marti...
Saturday, September 25th 2010
W Danny Mitchell
#245 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  CC 6 - Nelson vs. Mitchell
Saturday, August 28th 2010
W Sam Elsdon Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  BAMMA - British Association of Mixed Marti...
Saturday, February 13th 2010
W Iran Mascarenhas KO (Punches)
Round 2
  Adrenaline 3 - Evolution
Saturday, September 6th 2008
W Barry Mairs TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  AM 14 - Ready For War
Sunday, December 9th 2007
W Niek Tromp
#368 Welterweight 		Submission (Punches)
Round 1
  COT 1 - Battle on the Bay
Saturday, November 24th 2007
W Adam Slawinski TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFR 10 - Ultimate Fighting Revolution 10
Saturday, October 6th 2007
W Driss El Bakara Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  Cage Rage - Contenders: Dynamite
Saturday, September 29th 2007
D John Olesen Draw
Round 3
  Adrenaline 1 - Feel the Rush
Saturday, May 5th 2007
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Kevin Holland
#17 Middleweight 		  UFC Fight Night 255 - Edwards vs. Brady
Saturday, March 22nd 2025 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Bryan Barberena
#45 Welterweight 		  UFC 286 - Edwards vs. Usman 3
Saturday, March 18th 2023 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Takashi Sato
#88 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night 204 - Volkov vs. Aspinall
Saturday, March 19th 2022 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Gilbert Burns
#32 Lightweight 		  UFC Fight Night 160 - Hermansson vs. Canno...
Saturday, September 28th 2019 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Leon Edwards
#13 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night 147 - Till vs. Masvidal
Saturday, March 16th 2019 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Alex Oliveira
#15 Welterweight 		  UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
Saturday, December 8th 2018 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
L Santiago Ponzinibbio
#25 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night 113 - Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
Sunday, July 16th 2017 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Alan Jouban
#31 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night 107 - Manuwa vs. Anderson
Saturday, March 18th 2017 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Albert Tumenov
#22 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night 87 - Overeem vs. Arlovski
Sunday, May 8th 2016 		Submission (Neck Crank)
Round 2
L Demian Maia
#8 Welterweight 		  UFC 194 - Aldo vs. McGregor
Saturday, December 12th 2015 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Brandon Thatch
#47 Welterweight 		  UFC 189 - Mendes vs. McGregor
Saturday, July 11th 2015 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
L Rick Story
#33 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night - Nelson vs. Story
Saturday, October 4th 2014 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Zak Cummings
#65 Welterweight 		  UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Brandao
Saturday, July 19th 2014 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
W Omari Akhmedov
#108 Middleweight 		  UFC Fight Night 38 - Gustafsson vs. Manuwa
Saturday, March 8th 2014 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Jorge Santiago
#22 Middleweight 		  UFC on Fuel TV 7 - Barao vs. McDonald
Saturday, February 16th 2013 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W DaMarques Johnson
#87 Welterweight 		  UFC on Fuel TV 5 - Struve vs. Miocic
Saturday, September 29th 2012 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Alexander Butenko
#573 Welterweight 		  CC 12 - Nelson vs. Butenko
Saturday, February 25th 2012 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Eugene Fadiora
#110 Welterweight 		  BAMMA - British Association of Mixed Marti...
Saturday, September 25th 2010 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Danny Mitchell
#245 Welterweight 		  CC 6 - Nelson vs. Mitchell
Saturday, August 28th 2010 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Sam Elsdon   BAMMA - British Association of Mixed Marti...
Saturday, February 13th 2010 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Iran Mascarenhas   Adrenaline 3 - Evolution
Saturday, September 6th 2008 		KO (Punches)
Round 2
W Barry Mairs   AM 14 - Ready For War
Sunday, December 9th 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Niek Tromp
#368 Welterweight 		  COT 1 - Battle on the Bay
Saturday, November 24th 2007 		Submission (Punches)
Round 1
W Adam Slawinski   UFR 10 - Ultimate Fighting Revolution 10
Saturday, October 6th 2007 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Driss El Bakara   Cage Rage - Contenders: Dynamite
Saturday, September 29th 2007 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
D John Olesen   Adrenaline 1 - Feel the Rush
Saturday, May 5th 2007 		Draw
Round 3

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
07/01/2025   #48 Welterweight 19-6-1
205
04/01/2025 NR #48 Welterweight 19-6-1
209
04/01/2024 2 #30 Welterweight 19-5-1
345
01/01/2024 4 #28 Welterweight 19-5-1
357
10/01/2023 2 #24 Welterweight 19-5-1
357
07/01/2023 1 #22 Welterweight 19-5-1
357
04/01/2023 21 #23 Welterweight 19-5-1
357
01/01/2023 2 #44 Welterweight 18-5-1
233
10/01/2022 6 #42 Welterweight 18-5-1
241
07/01/2022 1 #36 Welterweight 18-5-1
284
04/01/2022 NR #37 Welterweight 18-5-1
284
10/01/2020 1 #25 Welterweight 17-5-1
346
07/01/2020 2 #24 Welterweight 17-5-1
359
04/01/2020 1 #22 Welterweight 17-5-1
368
01/01/2020 2 #21 Welterweight 17-5-1
371
10/01/2019 5 #23 Welterweight 17-5-1
371
07/01/2019 2 #18 Welterweight 17-4-1
425
04/01/2019 4 #20 Welterweight 17-4-1
425
01/01/2019 15 #16 Welterweight 17-3-1
458
10/01/2018 6 #31 Welterweight 16-3-1
243
07/01/2018 1 #25 Welterweight 16-3-1
277
04/01/2018   #24 Welterweight 16-3-1
284
01/01/2018 2 #24 Welterweight 16-3-1
286
10/01/2017 5 #22 Welterweight 16-3-1
286
07/01/2017 2 #17 Welterweight 16-2-1
389
04/01/2017 3 #15 Welterweight 16-2-1
389
01/01/2017 1 #18 Welterweight 15-2-1
323
10/01/2016 2 #17 Welterweight 15-2-1
323
07/01/2016 6 #19 Welterweight 15-2-1
323
04/01/2016 2 #25 Welterweight 14-2-1
235
01/01/2016 6 #23 Welterweight 14-2-1
235
10/01/2015 6 #17 Welterweight 14-1-1
264
07/01/2015 2 #23 Welterweight 13-1-1
227
04/01/2015   #21 Welterweight 13-1-1
227
01/01/2015 3 #21 Welterweight 13-1-1
227
10/01/2014 1 #18 Welterweight 13-0-1
264
07/01/2014   #19 Welterweight 12-0-1
240
04/01/2014   #19 Welterweight 12-0-1
243
01/01/2014 1 #19 Welterweight 11-0-1
246
10/01/2013 1 #20 Welterweight 11-0-1
246
07/01/2013 1 #21 Welterweight 11-0-1
246
04/01/2013 39 #20 Welterweight 11-0-1
246
01/01/2013 3 #59 Welterweight 10-0-1
109
10/01/2012 58 #56 Welterweight 10-0-1
109
07/01/2012 4 #114 Welterweight 9-0-1
66
04/01/2012 NR #118 Welterweight 9-0-1
66
10/01/2011   #94 Welterweight 8-0-1
73
07/01/2011 11 #94 Welterweight 8-0-1
74
04/01/2011 3 #83 Welterweight 8-0-1
74
01/01/2011 7 #80 Welterweight 8-0-1
74
10/01/2010 389 #73 Welterweight 8-0-1
74
07/01/2010 39 #462 Welterweight 6-0-1
22
04/01/2010 NR #423 Welterweight 6-0-1
22
10/01/2009 33 #401 Welterweight 5-0-1
22
07/01/2009 26 #368 Welterweight 5-0-1
23
04/01/2009 16 #342 Welterweight 5-0-1
23
01/01/2009 11 #326 Welterweight 5-0-1
23
10/01/2008 19 #315 Welterweight 5-0-1
24
07/01/2008 18 #296 Welterweight 4-0-1
24
04/01/2008 29 #278 Welterweight 4-0-1
24
01/01/2008 301 #249 Welterweight 4-0-1
24
10/01/2007 NR #550 Welterweight 1-0-1
15


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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