Gunnar Nelson vs Rick Story booked for Oct 4th
source | UFC®.com
Fresh off his big win over Zak Cummings at UFC Fight Night in Dublin on July 19, unbeaten welterweight phenom Gunnar Nelson will make his first headlining performance as a UFC fighter on Saturday, October 4, when he takes on American veteran Rick “The Horror” Story at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
“I am honored to fight in Sweden and to headline this card,” Iceland’s Nelson said. “I expect the Swedish crowd to be pretty loud. I believe I have a big fan base in Sweden. They love my kind of style of fighting and I am of course Scandinavian so we have a good connection. So overall I think it’s going to be a great night – I am really excited about this opportunity.”
“I have fought in Germany before but it will be my first time in Stockholm, so I am looking forward to seeing the city,” Story said. “My schedule now will be to pack up and head down to Arizona to the MMA Lab to start training. I’m really excited for this fight.”