What happened to Gunnar Nelson?

[Eric Silva 2.0]

He hasn't fought in over a year. Is he injured? I haven't heard anything about him.

 

[chitoortiz]

Erick is spelled with a K.

 

[maximus__]

If he would cut to 155 he would be top 5-10 again very quickly. He always gets over powered in his fights.

 

[mirko>anyone]

Erick is spelled with a K.

Tito is spelled with a T.

Sorry, had to.

 

[AmericanMMA]

The guy should have been fighting at 155 this whole time. I have not heard a thing.

 

[Marko Polo]

I met Gunnar Nelson once when I was in my town centre going for a meal with my family. I was walking up the stairs to the place and he’s walking down and I sort of stared him out but he didn’t look away, he had that dead stare like Fedor has, as I was trying to figure out where I recognised him from. Really surreal moment and I found out later that he was here with his team to help some low level fighters in a small tournament

 

[Mesos]

Think he busted his knee and pretty much just disappeared after that. Him staying at welterweight and not fighting in his true weight class at 155 was such a dumb move. He could have a much better career maybe even fought for a belt.

Guessing he will probably fight again next year?
Hopefully he comes back at 155

 

[ookii]

Hes rejoining his twin brother for a 90s rock reunion tour

 

[SakurabasEar]

Taking some time to retool, he'll be back

 

[king of theRing]

I remember his first ufc fight vs Jorge Santiago, I thought he lost. I was so bitter about that fight cause Jorge finally moved to 170 and took fight on short notice

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Tito is spelled with a T.

Sorry, had to.

you need two Ts for spell Tito

 

[mkw]

I always liked Gunnar. Unique fighter. Karate style striking mixed with great BJJ.

Remember when Conor McGregor was introduced as Gunnar Nelson's teammate?

 

[jeskola]

https://www.cameo.com/thegunnarnelson

 

[G10]

I hope he comes back soon, too. I agree with everyone else that he should be at 155 instead of 170. Still, even if he never moves down, he's always fun to watch fight.

 

[mirko>anyone]

you need two Ts for spell Tito

You also need an I and an O.

 

[Joseph_McBride]

Perfect candidate for a 165 division, wish he could make 155. His loses to Leon & Burns dont look that bad in retrospect.

If he stays at 170, maybe a fight vs Pettis or Rocco Martin would get him back in the win column.

 

[BRASIL WAND]

Didn’t Ponzi Scheme turn him into a meme?

 

[TheSpider]

Didn’t Ponzi Scheme turn him into a meme?

But but the eye pokes!!!!!

 

[Kryptt]

He was posting workout and dancing vids on Instagram back in Sept. That and MMA awareness bits.

 

[maximus__]

Didn’t Ponzi Scheme turn him into a meme?

Do you happen to have the gif of his constant eye pokes in that fight?

There was a slowed down gif that showed some of the most subtle well placed eye pokes I have ever seen. I was mad at the time, but after I was impressed because it seemed he had worked out how to use eye pokes effectively. He could have sold that eye poke system as a martial art back in the 90s hahaha. It was all done with subtle shots to the eye with his thumb etc.

edit: found it