Gunnar Nelson

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Age: 35
Last 5: W L L W W
Association: Mjolnir
Pro Debut Date: 2007-05-05
Pro Record: 19-5-1
Current Ranking:
#28 Welterweight
'Big League' Record: 11-5-0
Last 3 Years: 2-0-0
Win Finish %: 89.5%
Combat Age: 41
Quality Perf. %: 72%
Last Quality Perf.: 2023-03-18
540 Metric: .333
Rating Points: 334
Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2017

#15 Welterweight
Last Fight Date: 3/18/2023 [UFC]
Last Opponent: [#93 MW] Bryan Barberena
Opponent's Last 5: W L L L L
Last Loss Date: 9/28/2019
Last Loss: [#7 WW] Gilbert Burns
Opponent's Last 5: L W W L L
UFC Record: 10-5-0
Octagon Time: 2:30:23
Longest Win Streak: 4 (2012-2014)
Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2022-2023)
UFC Debut: 2012-09-29
Last UFC Fight: 2023-03-18

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
04/01/2024 2 #30 Welterweight 19-5-1
345
01/01/2024 3 #28 Welterweight 19-5-1
357
10/01/2023 2 #25 Welterweight 19-5-1
357
07/01/2023 1 #23 Welterweight 19-5-1
357
04/01/2023 21 #24 Welterweight 19-5-1
357
01/01/2023 2 #45 Welterweight 18-5-1
233
10/01/2022 7 #43 Welterweight 18-5-1
240
07/01/2022 1 #36 Welterweight 18-5-1
283
04/01/2022 NR #37 Welterweight 18-5-1
283
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
244
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 #400 Welterweight 5-0-1
22
07/01/2009 25 #367 Welterweight 5-0-1
23
04/01/2009 16 #342 Welterweight 5-0-1
23
01/01/2009 10 #326 Welterweight 5-0-1
23
10/01/2008 19 #316 Welterweight 5-0-1
24
07/01/2008 18 #297 Welterweight 4-0-1
24
04/01/2008 30 #279 Welterweight 4-0-1
24
01/01/2008 NR #249 Welterweight 4-0-1
24


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

  Opponent Event Outcome
W Bryan Barberena
#46 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. Cannonier
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
#107 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 Martial Arts 4
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 Martial Arts 2
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   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


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