Gunnar Nelson

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Known For

Acting

Born

1988-07-28

Place of Birth

Akureyri, Iceland
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Gunnar Nelson

Biography

Gunnar Lúðvík Nelson (born 28 July 1988) is an Icelandic mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which was awarded by Renzo Gracie after impressive results at the 2009 IBJJF Pan-Ams and the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship. Gunnar is a teammate of UFC fighter and former Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor, and is a member of Mjölnir gym[9] in Iceland, and SBG Ireland. As of September 27, 2018, he is the #14 ranked contender in the official UFC welterweight rankings. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Acting History

2025
UFC Fight Night 255: Edwards vs. Brady as Self
2023
UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 as Self
2022
UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall as Self
2019
UFC Fight Night 160: Hermansson vs. Cannonier as Self
2019
UFC Fight Night 147: Till vs. Masvidal as Self
2018
UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega as Self
2017
Conor McGregor: Notorious as Self
2017
UFC Fight Night 113: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio as Self
2017
UFC Fight Night 107: Manuwa vs. Anderson as Self
2016
UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs. Arlovski as Self
2015
UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor as Self
2015
UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor as Self
2014
Brave Men's Blood as Andrea's coach
2014
UFC Fight Night 53: Nelson vs. Story as Self
2014
UFC Fight Night 46: McGregor vs. Brandao as Self
2014
UFC Fight Night 37: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa as Self
2013
UFC on Fuel TV 7: Barao vs. McDonald as Self
2012
UFC on Fuel TV 5: Struve vs. Miocic as Self
2011
City State as Andrea's kickboxing partner
1991
Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member