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Gunnar Nelson: Eye Poke led to Finish at UFC Fight Night 113

Gunnar Nelson isn’t taking anything away from what Santiago Ponzinibbio did to him at UFC Fight Night 113 Sunday. But, Nelson does have an excuse. During the post-fight press conference, Nelson explained that an eye poke that went uncalled helped Ponzinibbio finish him in the first round. “I don’t like to make excuses, but this […]

Gunnar Nelson Thinks Eye Poke Caused First-Ever KO Loss

Gunnar Nelson looked every bit of his No. 8-rank welterweight status in the first minute of his main event scrap with Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night: Glasgow. Twenty seconds later, however, he was knocked out cold in the very first stoppage loss of his career due to strikes. Nelson says that an eye poke by […]

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Gunnar Nelson looked every bit of his No. 8-rank welterweight status in the first minute of his main event scrap with Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night: Glasgow.

Twenty seconds later, however, he was knocked out cold in the very first stoppage loss of his career due to strikes.

Nelson says that an eye poke by Ponzinibbio led to the knockout just seconds later. Here’s how the fan favorite Icelander Nelson addressed his first knockout loss at the UFC Fight Night Glasgow post-fight press conference:

“I don’t like to make excuses, but this is the truth, how I feel anyway, is I should have stopped the fight when I got poked,” Nelson said following the fight. “I should have stopped it then because I’m seeing two Ponzinibbios in front of me. And that was like that until I remember standing up and the fight was over.”

“I should have stopped it then and I’m not saying, like, he did a good job and maybe it would have happened anyway,” Nelson said. “Maybe my reflexes just wouldn’t have been enough to move away from the punch, but this is how I felt, like, I’m kind of kicking myself in the head for not just stopping the fight and being greedy, because I caught him and I thought he was on the run.”

Although the fight ended only 80 seconds into round one, Gunnar landed several big shots, even rocking Ponzinibbio with a huge uppercut and landing some sharp punches and a low kick prior to the finish.

Nelson insists he should have alerted the referee about the eye poke and stopped the fight to recover from it.

“I should have stopped it then and I’m not saying, like, he did a good job and maybe it would have happened anyway,” he said. “Maybe my reflexes just wouldn’t have been enough to move away from the punch, but this is how I felt, like, I’m kind of kicking myself in the head for not just stopping the fight and being greedy, because I caught him and I thought he was on the run.”

“I should have just stopped the fight, recovered my eye, and carried on from there,” Nelson said. “But I didn’t, and here we are now. You win or you learn, and I’ll definitely learn from this.”

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Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Gunnar Nelson Full Fight Video Highlights

It may have been one of the lesser-talked about stories in an insane week in MMA, but today’s Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Gunnar Nelson main event at today’s ultra-entertaining (Sun., July 16, 2017) UFC Fight Night 113 from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, delivered a breakneck-paced first round ending with an absolutely shocking finish for […]

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Nelson came into the bout riding high with two straight wins that had him sitting comfortably at No. 8 in the rankings, while the underrated Brazilian knockout slugger had won five in a row to crawl onto the rankings. With a true chance to break through into the top five, Nelson was perhaps a bit too comfortable, as he landed some beautiful shots early that may have lulled him into a false sense of overconfidence.

The Icelander rocked “Gente Boa” with a perfect uppercut that sent Ponzinibbio staggering. He followed it with a stinging straight and a thudding low kick, but he left his chin open in the process for Ponzibbio to wobble him with a big left hook, opening up the floodgates for the Brazilian to rush in and knock him out with a ferorcious left jab.

It was a shocking come-from-behind knockout that capped off an action-filled card that proved some good old-fashioned slugfests can top a deluge of hype and promotion. Watch the full fight video highlights of Ponzinibbio’s biggest win here:

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UFC Fight Night Glasgow Post-Fight Press Conference

Today’s (Sun., July 16, 2017) UFC Fight Night 113 is in the books from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. In the main bout, Icelandic star Gunnar Nelson looked to pick up his third straight win against Brazilian technical brawler Santiago Ponzinibbio, who brought an impressive four-fight win streak of his own into the fight. The […]

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Today’s (Sun., July 16, 2017) UFC Fight Night 113 is in the books from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.

In the main bout, Icelandic star Gunnar Nelson looked to pick up his third straight win against Brazilian technical brawler Santiago Ponzinibbio, who brought an impressive four-fight win streak of his own into the fight. The Brazilian ATT member spoiled Nelson’s chance to break through, shocking the fan favorite karate stylist with a shattering first-round knockout.

The co-main event featured a pivotal women’s strawweight affair between No 8-ranked Scottish native Joanne Calderwood and surging No. 14-ranked contender Cynthia Calvillo in which Calvillo took home with a controversial unanimous decision

Join us to break down the post-fight action in the post-fight press conference starting right after the main card here:

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Santiago Ponzinibbio Shocks Gunnar Nelson With Thunderous Knockout

The stage was set for the main event of UFC Fight Night Glasgow. Taking the headlining spot inside The SSE Hydro were Gunnar Nelson (16-3-1) and Santiago Ponzinibbio (25-3). Nelson was going for his third straight win, while Ponzinibiio wanted to extend his winning streak to five. The two men touched gloves and the action […]

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The stage was set for the main event of UFC Fight Night Glasgow. Taking the headlining spot inside The SSE Hydro were Gunnar Nelson (16-3-1) and Santiago Ponzinibbio (25-3).

Nelson was going for his third straight win, while Ponzinibiio wanted to extend his winning streak to five.

The two men touched gloves and the action was underway. Nelson came out firing and he backed his opponent up with the lead uppercut. A lead left hook connected for “Gunni.” Ponzinibbio stunned Nelson with a right hand. Nelson left himself open and was dropped. “Gente Boa” capitalized and put him away. A huge upset in Glasgow.

Final Result: Santiago Ponzinibbio def. Gunnar Nelson via KO (Punches) – R1, 1:22

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UFC Fight Night 113 Betting Odds Feature Close Call In Main Event

UFC Fight Night 113 is here, and it goes down today (Sunday, July 16th) from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The event will be the second that the promotion has hosted in Glasgow, following UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites in July 2015. The preliminary bouts will air on UFC Fight Pass at noon […]

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A welterweight bout between Gunnar Nelson and Santiago Ponzinibbio will serve as the main event of the event while Joanne Calderwood vs. Cynthia Calvillo in a strawweight bout will serve as the co-main event. Rounding out the six bout main card is Paul Felder vs. Stevie Ray in a lightweight bout, Ryan Janes vs. Jack Marshman in a middleweight bout, Paul Craig vs. Khalil Rountree in a light heavyweight bout, and James Mulheron vs. Justin Willis in a heavyweight bout.

According to oddsmakers, Nelson is a -175 favorite over Ponzinibbio, who is a +155 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Calderwood being a +150 underdog against Calvillo, who is a -170 favorite.

MAIN CARD (FS1, 3 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Gunnar Nelson (-175) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (+155)

Strawweight: Joanne Calderwood (+150) vs. Cynthia Calvillo (-170)

Lightweight: Paul Felder (+155) vs. Stevie Ray (-175)

Middleweight: Ryan Janes (+470) vs. Jack Marshman (-640)

Light Heavyweight: Paul Craig (+145) vs. Khalil Rountree (-165)

Heavyweight: James Mulheron (+160) vs. Justin Willis (-185)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 1 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Bobby Nash (+150) vs. Danny Roberts (-170)

Flyweight: Alexandre Pantoja (-360) vs. Neil Seery (+300)

Welterweight: Galore Bofando (-190) vs. Charlie Ward (+165)

Lightweight: Danny Henry (+160) vs. Daniel Teymur (-185)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, noon ET)

Bantamweight: Brett Johns (-355) vs. Albert Morales (+295)

Female Bantamweight: Amanda Lemos (+175) vs. Leslie Smith (-210)

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