Veteran welterweight contender, Gunnar Nelson is about to make his return from a 2-year layoff in March, marking his return to motion at UFC London, in a pairing in opposition to current UFC 311 most important card function, Kevin Holland.
Nelson, a former ranked welterweight within the promotion’s welterweight division, has been sidelined from the Octagon since he most not too long ago featured in a conflict with Bryan Barberena at UFC 286, taking residence a formidable first spherical armbar submission win in a Efficiency of the Evening bonus show.
As for Riverside native, Holland, the perennial challenger makes his second stroll up to now this 12 months already, having dropped a dominant opening spherical submission loss to former two-weight ONE Championship gold holder, Reinier de Ridder at UFC 311 in California.
Gunnar Nelson makes return at UFC London in opposition to Kevin Holland
Within the midst of a two-fight successful run, Icelandic fan-favorite, Gunnar Nelson had beforehand landed a unanimous choice win over Takashi Sato at UFC London again in 2022 — snapping a two-fight shedding skid in opposition to each Gilbert Burns, and former undisputed titleholder, Leon Edwards.
Throughout his prolonged, albeit inactive run within the UFC, Nelson has racked up notable high-profile wins over the likes of Omari Akhmedov, Brandon Thatch, Albert Tumenov, Alan Jouban, and Alex Oliveira.
As for Holland, the Californian striker succumbed to his second straight defeat in his submission loss to de Ridder, following a previous nook’s stoppage TKO defeat in opposition to Roman Dolidze.
In his most up-to-date win, Holland landed a primary spherical technical submission win over Polish contender, Michal Oleksiejczuk with an armbar stoppage.
UFC Combat Evening London takes place on March 22. from The O2 Enviornment in London, with a welterweight most important occasion between former champion, Leon Edwards, and streaking Australian contender, Jack Della Maddalena set to take headlining honors.
