Burns vs Nelson

Who won Burns vs Nelson?

Gilbert Burns beat Gunnar Nelson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 18, on Saturday 28th September 2019 at Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gilbert Burns.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Burns vs Nelson stats

Gilbert Burns stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Gunnar Nelson made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Gilbert Burns' UFC record stood at 15-7-0, while Gunnar Nelson's came in at 10-5-0.

The stats suggested Burns had a slight advantage in power over Nelson, with a 31% knock out percentage over Nelson's 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nelson had a large advantage over Burns, boasting a 71% submission rate over Burns' 50%.

Gilbert Burns was the older man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Nelson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Burns. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Burns was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 5 months later than Nelson, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 64 to Nelson's 46.

Burns vs Nelson form

Gunnar Nelson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Takashi Sato at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Gilbert Burns at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Leon Edwards at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beaten Alex Oliveira at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

He had been defeated by Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night 113 on 16th July 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.

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Nelson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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