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Gunnar Nelson

Iceland
Born 1988-07-28, Akureyri

Description

Icelandic mixed martial artist; UFC welterweight.

Teachers (4)

  • Renzo Gracie
    swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Confirmed
    Confirmed
    Nelson's own site; Sherdog and Graciemag agree
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    location_onRenzo Gracie Academy badge (2008)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Nelson's own site; Sherdog and Graciemag agree
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Gunnar went to New York to train at the Renzo Gracie Academy to advance his game further and now after training there for a almost a year he earns his black belt under Renzo.”
    — (2009-09-30). Gunnar a black belt under Renzo link history info
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Gunnar also trains with Renzo Gracie and John Danaher in New York”
    — About Gunnar Nelson link history info
  • John Danaher
    swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
    Probable
    Nelson's own site and Graciemag name Danaher, with no detail
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    location_onRenzo Gracie Academy badge
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Nelson's own site and Graciemag name Danaher, with no detail
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Gunnar also trains with Renzo Gracie and John Danaher in New York”
    — About Gunnar Nelson link history info
    “Gunnar Nelson, 26 years old today, is a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu under Renzo Gracie and John Danaher.”
    — Redação Graciemag. (2014-07-28). Gunnar Nelson celebrates his 26th birthday aiming for UFC welterweight title. Graciemag link history info
  • John Kavanagh
    swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Confirmed
    Confirmed
    Nelson's own site and Kavanagh's own words agree; Sherdog too
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    4 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Nelson's own site and Kavanagh's own words agree; Sherdog too
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Gunnar then got his BJJ brown belt under John Kavanagh (SBG Ireland) in June 2008.”
    — (2009-09-30). Gunnar a black belt under Renzo link history info
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “John also teaches at MJÖLNIR in Iceland and he's Gunnar's main MMA coach.”
    — About Gunnar Nelson link history info
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “It was of course a great honor to have someone like Renzo Gracie recognize his abilities and and award him his black belt.”
    — BJJEE. (2020-01-19). Meet John Kavanagh, Pioneer Of BJJ in Ireland & Conor McGregor’s Coach. BJJ Eastern Europe (BJJEE) link history info
    “The John Kavanagh protégé”
    — (2017-07-12). 5 Things You Might Not Know About Gunnar Nelson. Sherdoglink history info
  • Matt Thornton
    swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
    Probable
    Nelson's own site only
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (2006–2007)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Nelson's own site only
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Gunnar got his BJJ blue belt in April 2006 and purple belt in June 2007, both under Matt Thornton SBGi (with some great help by John Kavanagh and Karl Tanswell).”
    — (2009-09-30). Gunnar a black belt under Renzo link history info

Lineage

Ranks (1)

  • swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu
    receipt_longBlack belt Confirmed
    Confirmed
    Nelson's own site; Sherdog and Kavanagh agree
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    BJJ Ranking System (2009-09-30)
    granted by Renzo Gracie
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    3 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Nelson's own site; Sherdog and Kavanagh agree
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Gunnar was awarded his black belt today by Renzo Gracie.”
    — (2009-09-30). Gunnar a black belt under Renzo link history info
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “Gunnar is a BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie since September 30th 2009.”
    — About Gunnar Nelson link history info
    “Nelson holds the rank of black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Renzo Gracie”
    — (2017-07-12). 5 Things You Might Not Know About Gunnar Nelson. Sherdoglink history info

Sources

Gunnar Nelson (fighter). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M6ENVCFAC8X3R0VB4MWVHNDF
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Gunnar Nelson. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6ENVCFAC8X3R0VB4MWVHNDF - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M6ENVCFAC8X3R0VB4MWVHNDF, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Gunnar Nelson}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6ENVCFAC8X3R0VB4MWVHNDF}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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