Gunnar Nelson
16 UFC Fights | 63% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (80%)
Gunnar Nelson UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Gunnar Nelson is 10-6 in the UFC across 16 fights, with 8 wins by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-6-1, 9-0 of it outside the UFC. Nelson competes at welterweight as a switch submission artist, standing 5'11" with a 72" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Kevin Holland by decision in Mar 2025.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 98th percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (61%).
Gunnar Nelson's UFC win rate is 63% (10 of 16 fights), and 80% of those wins came by finish. Nelson averages 1.4 takedowns per fight at 52% accuracy and stops 68% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 19-6-1
- UFC Record
- 10-6
- Height
- 5'11"
- Reach
- 72"
- Age
- 38
- Stance
- Switch
- Last Fight
- L vs Kevin Holland · Decision · Mar 2025
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Gunnar Nelson's Last 5 Fights
Nelson is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Kevin Holland · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady · Mar 2025
- Win vs Bryan Barberena · Submission · R1 4:51 · UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 · Mar 2023
- Win vs Takashi Sato · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall · Mar 2022
- Loss vs Gilbert Burns · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier · Sep 2019
- Loss vs Leon Edwards · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal · Mar 2019
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Gunnar Nelson vs Average
Gunnar Nelson's UFC Fight History
16 UFC fights on record (10-6), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Kevin Holland | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady | 2025-03-22 |
| W | Bryan Barberena | Submission | R1 · 4:51 | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 | 2023-03-18 |
| W | Takashi Sato | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall | 2022-03-19 |
| L | Gilbert Burns | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier | 2019-09-28 |
| L | Leon Edwards | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal | 2019-03-16 |
| W | Alex Oliveira | Submission | R2 · 4:17 | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega | 2018-12-08 |
| L | Santiago Ponzinibbio | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio | 2017-07-16 |
| W | Alan Jouban | Submission | R2 · 0:46 | UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson | 2017-03-18 |
| W | Albert Tumenov | Submission | R2 · 3:15 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski | 2016-05-08 |
| L | Demian Maia | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor | 2015-12-12 |
| W | Brandon Thatch | Submission | R1 · 2:54 | UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor | 2015-07-11 |
| L | Rick Story | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story | 2014-10-04 |
| W | Zak Cummings | Submission | R2 · 4:48 | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao | 2014-07-19 |
| W | Omari Akhmedov | Submission | R1 · 4:36 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa | 2014-03-08 |
| W | Jorge Santiago | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald | 2013-02-16 |
| W | DaMarques Johnson | Submission | R1 · 3:34 | UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic | 2012-09-29 |
How Nelson Ranks at Welterweight
Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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