Who was better in their prime, Gunni Nelson or Big Country Nelson

[BigMuffler]

P4P who is the greater Nelson? I have Roy.

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

Gunnar is the more skilled fighter but Nelson has the bigger wins.

 

[JJ Frog]

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Big Country, he has beat much better guys. Gunnar hasn't really beat any top fighter.

 

[20falarVerdades]

Scam Blast Gym ruined Gunnar. Fact

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

The greatest Nelson of all...

 

[MayhemMonkey]

eh Gunnar is still in his.... what a strange thread lol

 

[BigMuffler]

eh Gunnar is still in his.... what a strange thread lol

I didn't mean to imply he is out of his prime

Also the thread is inspired by the Gracie thread.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

Scam Blast Gym ruined Gunnar. Fact

he's been with SBG since way before he joined the UFC..... so try and make sense

 

[Aranha21]

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

gunnar is way more skilled and the better fighter, roy has the bigger wins atm though.

 

[Leonard Haid]

Gunnar is still in his prime, Roy is well past his. Comparing prime Nelsons, I say Gunnar is the more skilled fighter for sure. Roy was in a weaker division compared to Gunnar, and there was not a long list of elite-level MMA fighters in the HW division as there has been in the WW division, so for Gunnar to rise to as high as he did, to me, is a greater achievement than for Roy to have risen to his highest ranking in the HW division.

That being said, Roy made the prestigious list of famous Nelsons, while Gunnar did not.

https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-whose-last-name-is-nelson/chris-abraham

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

did gunni ever have a prime?

 

[Brandon Wilson]

See my signature

 

[Dead Kennedy]

Neither, I’m going with...

 

[Koro_11]

A gatekeeper and a journeyman, who gives a shit?

Hey, who had the better prime, Chris Lyttle or Chris Leben? Who's the better Chris?

 

[fortheo]

did gunni ever have a prime?

I've been waiting for a breakthrough performance from him since he joined the UFC six years ago. I'm still waiting.

It would be cool if he fought more than once every 10 months.

 

[mkt]

The greatest Nelson of all...
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Roy needs to go on Willie's diet...then find some way to put muscle mass back on.

 

[VAfan]

i'm hoping gunnar has more in the tank. he's a really skilled fighter and is still young. but as the losses pile up (esp KOs) you have to wonder about confidence issues. hope he bounces back.

 

[mkt]

Big Country, he has beat much better guys. Gunnar hasn't really beat any top fighter.

I kind of agree, but Roy never beat a "top" fighter. His best wins IMO were fellow gatekeepers Kongo and Mitrione, who are still doing well in Bellator, but never made the elite category in the UFC. I guess Big Nog and Bigfoot are the biggest names he's beaten, but both were really chinny when he fought them.

That said, he has had more and better wins than his Icelandic cousin Gunnar--no question.