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Fighter Summary

86

Gunnar Nelson

Welterweight #31

Record: 10-5

Active: 10 years, 8 months

Ratings and Rankings
Metric Rating Ranking
Performance 86
B
31
Power 91
A-
21
Offensive 88
B+
28
Defensive 94
A-
13
Records
Overall 10-5 (66.7%)
Versus Top 10 0-2 (0%)
Versus > .500 Fighters 6-5 (54.5%)
Versus < .500 Fighters 4-0 (100%)
Last 5 Fights 3-2 (60%)
Superlatives
Best Win Welterweight #11 Zak Cummings (10-4)
2014-07-19 UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao
Round 2 SUB Rear Naked Choke
Worst Loss Welterweight #38 Demian Maia (22-11)
2015-12-12 UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
Round 3 U-DEC
Other Statistics
Finishes 8 (53.3%)
KOs 0 (0%)
Submissions 8 (53.3%)
Decisions 2 (13.3%)
Opponent Record 134-87
Average Opponent Rank 36.7
Long Streak W 4 (07/19/2014)
Current Streak W 2

Recent Trend Analysis

Fight Results
ResultOpponent
W
2023-03-18
Bryan Barberena (9-8)
Welterweight #49
Round 1 SUB Armbar
UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
W
2022-03-19
Takashi Sato (2-5)
Welterweight #91
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall
L
2019-09-28
Gilbert Burns (15-6)
Welterweight #10
Round 3 U-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier
L
2019-03-16
Leon Edwards (13-2)
Welterweight #2
Round 3 S-DEC
UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal
W
2018-12-08
Alex Oliveira (11-10)
Welterweight #68
Round 2 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
L
2017-07-16
Santiago Ponzinibbio (11-6)
Welterweight #37
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 #38
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 #11
Round 2 SUB Rear Naked Choke
UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao
W
2014-03-08
Omari Akhmedov (9-5)
Welterweight #24
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