{"id":104808,"date":"2026-06-03T06:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/gunnar-nelson\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:39:13","slug":"gunnar-nelson","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/gunnar-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunnar Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gunnar Nelson : le soumissionnaire islandais de l&rsquo;UFC<\/h2>\n<h3>Le gars qui \u00e9touffe les welters depuis Reykjavik<\/h3>\n<p>Gunnar L\u00fa\u00f0v\u00edk Nelson, dit \u00ab\u00a0Gunni\u00a0\u00bb, est n\u00e9 le 28 juillet 1988 \u00e0 Akureyri, dans le nord de l&rsquo;Islande. Quand il d\u00e9barque \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en septembre 2012 face \u00e0 DaMarques Johnson \u2014 soumission au programme \u2014, il devient le premier combattant islandais \u00e0 signer avec l&rsquo;organisation. Douze ans plus tard, son record de sept soumissions en cat\u00e9gorie welter reste le plus \u00e9lev\u00e9 de toute l&rsquo;histoire de la division \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Son parcours en arts martiaux d\u00e9marre par le karat\u00e9 Goju-Ryu \u00e0 13 ans. Il d\u00e9croche trois fois de suite le titre de champion d&rsquo;Islande jeunes (2003, 2004, 2005), avant de basculer vers le JJB. Il gravit les \u00e9chelons sous la direction de John Kavanagh au SBG Ireland, passe sa ceinture noire aupr\u00e8s de Renzo Gracie en septembre 2009, et frappe fort dans la foul\u00e9e : m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;or au Pan Am IBJJF (gi et no-gi) cette m\u00eame ann\u00e9e. Aujourd&rsquo;hui ceinture noire 3e degr\u00e9, il s&rsquo;entra\u00eene entre Reykjavik (Mj\u00f6lnir MMA) et Dublin.<\/p>\n<h3>Un style \u00e0 part : la patience qui \u00e9touffe<\/h3>\n<p>Nelson ne ressemble \u00e0 personne d&rsquo;autre \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC. Peu de frappes, peu d&rsquo;action sur pieds \u2014 mais une capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 amener le combat l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il veut et \u00e0 finir proprement. Sa pr\u00e9cision au sol est chirurgicale : \u00e9tranglements arri\u00e8re, guillotines, armbars. Il ne se pr\u00e9cipite jamais, et c&rsquo;est exactement \u00e7a qui rend ses soumissions si propres. Brandon Thatch \u00e9trangl\u00e9 en moins de trois minutes \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 189 en juillet 2015, Bryan Barberena soumis \u00e0 l&rsquo;armbar en un round \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 286 en mars 2023 \u2014 le sch\u00e9ma se r\u00e9p\u00e8te depuis une d\u00e9cennie.<\/p>\n<h3>Les grands combats<\/h3>\n<p>Son passage \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC (10-6) l&rsquo;a confront\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9lite absolue du welterweight. Face \u00e0 Demian Maia \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 194 en d\u00e9cembre 2015, il prend une d\u00e9cision unanime apr\u00e8s un duel de grappleurs au sommet. Santiago Ponzinibbio le coupe en premi\u00e8re round d&rsquo;un knockout net en juillet 2017 \u00e0 Glasgow \u2014 sa seule d\u00e9faite par KO. Leon Edwards, futur champion, lui prend une d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e en mars 2019 \u00e0 Londres dans un combat serr\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>C\u00f4t\u00e9 bonnes nouvelles, ses cinq bonus Performance of the Night t\u00e9moignent d&rsquo;une capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 finir des adversaires de niveau. Alex Oliveira \u00e9trangl\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 231 en d\u00e9cembre 2018, Albert Tumenov soumis en deux rounds en 2016 \u2014 Nelson n&rsquo;a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 un combattant qui gagne aux points par choix.<\/p>\n<h3>Statut actuel<\/h3>\n<p>En mars 2025 \u00e0 l&rsquo;O2 Arena de Londres, il affronte Kevin Holland dans un combat o\u00f9 Holland neutralise ses tentatives de takedown et s&rsquo;impose aux points (d\u00e9cision unanime). \u00c0 36 ans, Nelson reste actif en poids welter \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC avec un bilan global de 19-6-1. Premier Islandais de l&rsquo;UFC, recordman de soumissions dans sa division \u2014 son h\u00e9ritage dans la cat\u00e9gorie est d\u00e9j\u00e0 grav\u00e9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gunnar_Nelson_(fighter)\">Wikipedia EN<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/gunnar-nelson\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nelson.is\/is\/about-gunnar\">nelson.is (site officiel)<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunnar Nelson, premier Islandais \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC et recordman de soumissions en welterweight (7), BJJ black belt sous Renzo Gracie. Bilan UFC 10-6, actif \u00e0 36 ans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102191,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69976],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104808","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-welterweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gunnar Nelson - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Gunnar Nelson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/gunnar-nelson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunnar Nelson - 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