Gunnar Nelson UFC Stats, Record & Fight History
Gunnar Nelson is 10-6 in the UFC, fighting at welterweight, landing 1.77 significant strikes a minute at 61% accuracy, averaging 2.0 takedowns per 15 minutes.
UFC record: 10-6
Division: Welterweight
Height: 5'11"
Reach: 72"
Stance: Switch
Age: 38
Wins: 0 KO/TKO · 8 Submission · 2 Decision
Losses: 1 KO/TKO · 0 Submission · 5 Decision
Career numbers (16 UFC fights)
Totals across every UFC fight, per minute in the cage. Source data: UFCStats.
Sig. strikes landed per min: 1.77
Sig. strikes absorbed per min: 3.06
Striking accuracy: 61%
Striking defense: 49%
Takedowns per 15 min: 2.00
Takedown accuracy: 52%
Takedown defense: 68%
Submission attempts per 15 min: 1.00
Control time per fight: 3:39
UFC fights: last 10 of 16
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Kevin Holland | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady, 22 Mar 2025 |
| W | Bryan Barberena | Submission | 1 | 4:51 | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3, 18 Mar 2023 |
| W | Takashi Sato | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall, 19 Mar 2022 |
| L | Gilbert Burns | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier, 28 Sep 2019 |
| L | Leon Edwards | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal, 16 Mar 2019 |
| W | Alex Oliveira | Submission | 2 | 4:17 | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega, 08 Dec 2018 |
| L | Santiago Ponzinibbio | KO/TKO | 1 | 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio, 16 Jul 2017 |
| W | Alan Jouban | Submission | 2 | 0:46 | UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson, 18 Mar 2017 |
| W | Albert Tumenov | Submission | 2 | 3:15 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski, 08 May 2016 |
| L | Demian Maia | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor, 12 Dec 2015 |
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