Gunnar Nelson
72″ reach · +1.44% reach advantage · 35th percentile
Gunnar Nelson has a reach of 72″ against a height of 71″ — a reach advantage of +1.44%, short for welterweight MMA and the 35th percentile of the 174 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.44%
72″ reach on a 71″ frame
Compared against 174 welterweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 29th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) | 47th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Welterweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | Iceland |
Record
MMA record
19–6
26 bouts on record
Finish rate
89%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 87th percentile
The career, bout by bout
26 recorded bouts from 2007 to 2025. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
2007–2025
Longest unbeaten run
11
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2007
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
26
26 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | L | Kevin Holland | Decision | 3 |
| 2023 | W | Bryan Barberena | Submission | 1 |
| 2022 | W | Takashi Sato | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Gilbert Burns | Decision | 3 |
| 2019 | L | Leon Edwards | Decision | 3 |
| 2018 | W | Alex Oliveira | Submission | 2 |
| 2017 | L | Santiago Ponzinibbio | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | W | Alan Jouban | Submission | 2 |
| 2016 | W | Albert Tumenov | Submission | 2 |
| 2015 | L | Demian Maia | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | W | Brandon Thatch | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | L | Rick Story | Decision | 5 |
| 2014 | W | Zak Cummings | Submission | 2 |
| 2014 | W | Omari Akhmedov | Submission | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Jorge Santiago | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | DaMarques Johnson | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Alexander Butenko | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Eugene Fadiora | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Danny Mitchell | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Sam Elsdon | Submission | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Iran Mascarenhas | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | W | Barry Mairs | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Niek Tromp | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Adam Slawinski | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | W | Driss El Bakara | Submission | 1 |
| 2007 | D | John Olesen | Draw | 3 |
16 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
welterweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Joey Villaseñor+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Hector Aldana+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Abubakar Nurmagomedov Абубакар Нурмагомедов+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Colby Covington+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Luigi Fioravanti+1.43% 70″ reach · 34th pct
- James Moontasri+1.41% 71″ reach · 29th pct
- Michael Graves+1.41% 71″ reach · 29th pct
- Rory Markham+1.41% 71″ reach · 29th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 174 welterweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Gunnar Nelson (fighter) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-14. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.