Gunnar Nelson's latest MMA fight: 21-year-old Nelson holds a black belt in Brazilian...

Gunnar Nelson's latest MMA fight:

21-year-old Nelson holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Renzo Gracie and placed fourth in the absolute division at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships. Nelson also took gold in the 2009 Pan American Championships -- both Gi and non-Gi -- and silver in the brown belt middleweight division at the 2009 Mundials. An impressive, brisk dispatching of the previously unbeaten Sam Elsdon at a British Association of Mixed Martial Arts event on Feb. 13 in London moved his MMA record to 6-0-1.

-- full write-up at sherdog.com

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Thanks for vid

real good production for a local UK card, i was impressed

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by ultmma on Feb 24, 2010 11:59 AM EST reply actions

Yeah, honestly

They seem to have their shit together— even sponsored by EA.

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by Blackout612 on Feb 24, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions

Good stuff. I didn’t know Gunnar Nelson was doing MMA. I also didn’t know that he was only 21(!)

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by JRN on Feb 24, 2010 12:12 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, been keeping a close eye on him. Could see him in Bellator next season if the UFC doesn’t move on him.

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by Blackout612 on Feb 24, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions

good stuff..very excited for this kid’s future.

by DamnSevern on Feb 24, 2010 12:17 PM EST reply actions

Wow.

Very slick technical work. He knew the fight was over as soon as it went down and didn’t even throw a punch, Sam elsdon was lucky to take that loss and get away scot free as far as injuries go. Excited to see more from Nelson, looks like he will be a force, especially as he evolves over time at only 21 years old.

by bawssauce on Feb 24, 2010 12:41 PM EST reply actions

Gunnar needs some serious footwork/standup training, but yeah once he got the body lock that was just over, the guy gave up the throat pretty easy even though it was more of a neck crank that finished the fight, not really the choke.

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by Patrick Tenney on Feb 24, 2010 1:08 PM EST reply actions

It was over when he took him down. He had four minutes to work a sub, and for a guy like Gunnar that’s inevitable.

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by Blackout612 on Feb 24, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

His movement reminded me a lot of Anderson Silva’s.

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by poundnground on Feb 24, 2010 2:25 PM EST reply actions

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by Anthony Pace on Feb 24, 2010 4:24 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

So Matthew’s not a fighter then?

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by jebushchrist on Feb 24, 2010 5:57 PM EST up reply actions