Gunnar Nelson
IcelandGunnar Nelson, “Gunni”, is a Welterweight from Iceland with an official record of 19-6-1. Cage Brothers holds 18 of those bouts: 12 wins and 6 losses, the wins coming 1 by knockout, 9 by submission and 2 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Kevin Holland at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady on 22 March 2025.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2025 | Kevin Holland | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady |
| Mar 18, 2023 | Bryan Barberena | WIN | SUBArmbar | R1 · 4:51 | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 |
| Mar 19, 2022 | Takashi Sato | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall |
| Sep 28, 2019 | Gilbert Burns | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier |
| Mar 16, 2019 | Leon Edwards | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal |
| Dec 9, 2018 | Alex Oliveira | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 4:17 | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega |
| Jul 17, 2017 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio |
| Mar 18, 2017 | Alan Jouban | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R2 · 0:46 | UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson |
| May 8, 2016 | Albert Tumenov | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 3:15 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski |
| Dec 12, 2015 | Demian Maia | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor |
| Jul 11, 2015 | Brandon Thatch | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 2:54 | UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor |
| Oct 4, 2014 | Rick Story | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story |
| Jul 19, 2014 | Zak Cummings | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 4:48 | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao |
| Mar 8, 2014 | Omari Akhmedov | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 4:36 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa |
| Feb 17, 2013 | Jorge Santiago | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs. McDonald |
| Sep 30, 2012 | DaMarques Johnson | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 3:34 | UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs. Miocic |
| Aug 28, 2010 | Danny Mitchell | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | CC 6: Nelson vs. Mitchell |
| Oct 6, 2007 | Adam Slawinski | WIN | KOTKO | R1 | UFR 10: Ultimate Fighting Revolution 10 |
Wins, losses and draws are Gunnar Nelson’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 18 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Gunnar Nelson’s record, in numbers
Gunnar Nelson’s official record is 19-6-1. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 18 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 12 wins, 6 losses — because 8 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 12 wins break down as 1 by knockout, 9 by submission and 2 by decision — 10 of 12 inside the distance, a finish rate of 83%. Across all 18 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 9 minutes 11 seconds.
Gunnar Nelson has been stopped once in the 18 bouts on file, by knockout — 6% of them.
Of the 18 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were the main event of the card. One of them has come since October 2024.
Set against the 565 Welterweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Gunnar Nelson has a finish rate above 73% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 86% of them and a two-year bout count above 64% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Gunnar Nelson is listed at 5ft 11in with a reach of 72in, switches stance and is 38, born 27 July 1988.
These figures are recomputed from Gunnar Nelson’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.