19-4-1 (19 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw)
Gunnar Nelson now holds the UFC record of most Submissions Wins and Significant Strike Accuracy in the welterweight division.
18 March - Defeats the American Bryan Barberena in the 1st round (4:51) by submission (Armbar) at UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 at the O2 Arena in London, England.
19 March - Defeats the Japanese Takashi Sato by unanimous decision (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) at UFC Fight Night 204:Volkov vs. Aspinall at the O2 Arena in London, England.
28 September - Decision loss to the Brazilian Gilbert Burns at UFC Fight Night 160: Hermansson vs. Cannonier at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.
16 March - Split decision loss to the British Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 147: Till vs. Masvidal at the O2 Arena in London, England.
8 December - Defeats the Brazilian Alex Oliveira in the 2nd round (4:17) by submission (RNC) at UFC 231 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
16 July - Loss to the Argentinian Santiago Ponzinibbio by eye gauging at UFC Fight Night 113: Nelson vs Ponzinibbio at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. Should have been overturned but sadly wasn't. We don't count it here as it wasn't a real loss in our eyes.
18 March - Defeats the American Alan Jouban in the 2nd round (0:46) by submission (Guillotine) at UFC Fight Night 107 at the O2 Arena in London, England.
8 May - Defeats the Russian Albert Tumenov in the 2nd round (3:15) by submission (RNC) at UFC Fight Night 87 at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
12 December - Decision loss to the Brazilian Demian Maia at UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, USA.
11 July - Defeats the American Brandon Thatch in the 1st round (2:54) by submission (RNC) at UFC 189 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, USA.
4 October - Split decision loss to the American Rick Story at UFC Fight Night 53: Nelson vs. Story at The Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.
19 July - Defeats the American Zak Cummings in the 2nd round (4:48) by submission (RNC) at UFC Fight Night 46 at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
8 March - Defeats the Russian Omari Akhmedov in the 1st round (4:36) by submission (Guillotine) at UFC Fight Night 37 at the O2 Arena in London, England.
16 February - Defeats the Brazilian Jorge Santiago by unanimous decision at UFC on Fuel TV 7 in London, England.
29 September - Defeats the American DaMarques Johnson in the 1st round (3:34) by submission (RNC) at UFC on Fuel TV 5 in Nottingham, England.
25 February - Defeats the Ukrainian Alexander Butenko in the 1st round (4:21) by submission (armbar) at Cage Contender 12 in Dublin, Ireland.
25 September - Defeats the English Eugene Fadiora in the 1st round (3:51) by submission (standing RNC) at Bamma 4 in Birmingham, England.
28 August - Defeats the English Danny Mitchell in the 1st round (2:51) by submission (RNC) at Cage Contender VI - Nelson vs. Mitchell in Manchester, England.
13 February - Defeats the English Sam Elsdon in the 1st round (2:30) by submission (RNC) at BAMMA 2 in London, England.
6 September - Defeats the Brazilian Iran Mascarenhas with a 2nd round KO (3:22) at the Adrenaline 3: Evolution in Copenhagen, Denmark.
9 December - Defeats the English Barry Mairs with a 1st round KO (3:38) at Angrrr Management: Get ready for WAR in Weston Super Mare, England.
24 November - Defeats the Dutch Niek Tromp with a 1st round TKO (1:50) at Cage of Truth: Battle on the Bay in Dublin, Ireland.
6 October - Defeats the Polish Adam Slawinski with a 1st round TKO (2:30) at UFR 10 - Tribal Warfare in Galway, Ireland.
29 September - Defeats the Frenchman Driss El Bakara by a 1st round (3:46) armbar at Cage Rage Contenders: Dynamite in Dublin, Ireland.
5 May - Competes in his first MMA fight at the Adrenaline Sports tournament in Copenhagen were he competed against the Danish John Olesen in a Pro MMA bout. The fight was pronounce a draw by the Danish judges.
