Fighter Summary

86

Gunnar Nelson

Welterweight #31

Record: 10-5

Active: 12 years, 1 month

Ratings and Rankings
Metric Rating Ranking
Performance 86
B
31
Power 91
A-
18
Offensive 85
B
33
Defensive 94
A
12
Records
Overall 10-5 (66.7%)
Versus Top 10 0-1 (0%)
Versus > .500 Fighters 5-5 (50%)
Versus < .500 Fighters 5-0 (100%)
Last 5 Fights 3-2 (60%)
Superlatives
Best Win Welterweight #13 Zak Cummings (10-4)
2014-07-19 UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao
Round 2 SUB Rear Naked Choke
Worst Loss Welterweight #58 Santiago Ponzinibbio (11-7)
2017-07-16 UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
Round 1 KO/TKO Punches
Other Statistics
Finishes 8 (53.3%)
KOs 0 (0%)
Submissions 8 (53.3%)
Decisions 2 (13.3%)
Opponent Record 135-93
Average Opponent Rank 40
Long Streak W 4 (07/19/2014)
Current Streak W 2

Recent Trend Analysis

Fight Results
ResultOpponent
W
2023-03-18
Bryan Barberena (9-10)
Welterweight #59
Round 1 SUB Armbar
UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
W
2022-03-19
Takashi Sato (2-5)
Welterweight #76
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall
L
2019-09-28
Gilbert Burns (15-8)
Welterweight #25
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier
L
2019-03-16
Leon Edwards (14-3)
Welterweight #9
Round 3 S-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal
W
2018-12-08
Alex Oliveira (11-10)
Welterweight
Round 2 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
L
2017-07-16
Santiago Ponzinibbio (11-7)
Welterweight #58
Round 1 KO/TKO Punches
UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
W
2017-03-18
Alan Jouban (8-5)
Welterweight
Round 2 SUB Guillotine Choke
UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
W
2016-05-08
Albert Tumenov (5-3)
Welterweight
Round 2 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski
L
2015-12-12
Demian Maia (22-11)
Welterweight
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
W
2015-07-11
Brandon Thatch (2-4)
Welterweight
Round 1 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor
L
2014-10-04
Rick Story (12-7)
Welterweight
Round 5 S-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story
W
2014-07-19
Zak Cummings (10-4)
Welterweight #13
Round 2 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao
W
2014-03-08
Omari Akhmedov (9-5)
Welterweight
Round 1 SUB Guillotine Choke
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa
W
2013-02-16
Jorge Santiago (1-5)
Welterweight
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald
W
2012-09-29
DaMarques Johnson (4-6)
Catch Weight
Round 1 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic