Gunnar Nelson

Record

10-6

Rating

1918 ± 171

Since last event

–

Next fight

nothing booked

Age
38

Current streak
1 losses

Wins by
0 KO · 8 sub · 2 dec

Key facts

Record: 10-6
Division: Welterweight
Our rank: #40
Rating: 1918 ± 171
Style label: balanced
Country: unknown
Height: 71"
Reach: 72"
Stance: Switch
Date of birth: 1988-07-28

inactive 20 mo

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better

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The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.

Metric	Gunnar Nelson	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	45.0 ± 16.3 4th percentile	48.2
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	52.0 ± 11.2 72nd percentile	54.3
Takedown attempts /15 min	4.65 ± 2.22 79th percentile	4.21
Takedown defence %	61 ± 21 61st percentile	58
Control time s /15 min	225 ± 181 85th percentile	189
Striking defence %	51 ± 6 18th percentile	52
Knockdowns /15 min	0.62 ± 0.26 12th percentile	0.68
Submission attempts /15 min	0.58 ± 0.46 91st percentile	0.49

Metric	Gunnar Nelson	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	70.0 ± 6.8 54th percentile	70.1
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	65.5 ± 32.7 30th percentile	65.3
Takedown attempts /15 min	2.16 ± 0.38 66th percentile	2.15
Takedown defence %	65 ± 65 36th percentile	65
Control time s /15 min	170 ± 21 54th percentile	170
Striking defence %	53 ± 7 62nd percentile	53
Knockdowns /15 min	1.50 ± 0.32 70th percentile	1.50
Submission attempts /15 min	0.10 ± 0.10 58th percentile	0.10

Metric	Gunnar Nelson	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	66.5 ± 5.0 52nd percentile	66.5
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	57.5 ± 76.0 28th percentile	57.3
Takedown attempts /15 min	2.98 ± 0.82 62nd percentile	2.98
Control time s /15 min	200 ± 4 58th percentile	200
Striking defence %	52 ± 11 42nd percentile	52
Knockdowns /15 min	0.75 ± 0.45 92nd percentile	0.75
Submission attempts /15 min	0.23 ± 0.23 68th percentile	0.23

UFC fight history

L	Kevin Holland UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady · 2025-03-22	Decision - Unanimous R3
W	Bryan Barberena UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 · 2023-03-18	Submission R1
W	Takashi Sato UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall · 2022-03-19	Decision - Unanimous R3
L	Gilbert Burns UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier · 2019-09-28	Decision - Unanimous R3
L	Leon Edwards UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal · 2019-03-16	Decision - Split R3
W	Alex Oliveira UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega · 2018-12-08	Submission R2
L	Santiago Ponzinibbio UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio · 2017-07-16	KO/TKO R1
W	Alan Jouban UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson · 2017-03-18	Submission R2
W	Albert Tumenov UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski · 2016-05-08	Submission R2
L	Demian Maia UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor · 2015-12-12	Decision - Unanimous R3
W	Brandon Thatch UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor · 2015-07-11	Submission R1
L	Rick Story UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story · 2014-10-04	Decision - Split R5
W	Zak Cummings UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao · 2014-07-19	Submission R2
W	Omari Akhmedov UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa · 2014-03-08	Submission R1
W	Jorge Santiago UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald · 2013-02-16	Decision - Unanimous R3
W	DaMarques Johnson UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic · 2012-09-29	Submission R1