Gunnar Nelson will fight Alan Jouban in the co-main event on UFC Fight Night London in March. Gunnar is happy to be have a date and is looking forward to get back to the Octagon.
The fight will take place at The O2 Arena in London on the 18th of March. Gunnar is familiar with the arena after defeating Omari Akhmedov in that same arena in 2014.
"I've fought in England a few times before and always enjoyed it. It's fun to fight in front of the English and I used to train there all the time [early in my career]," Gunnar told MMA Fréttir.
The no. 9 ranked Gunnar last fought in May when he defeated Albert Tumenov by submission in the second round. Initially Gunnar hoped for someone ranked as his next opponent but is happy to face the unranked Alan Jouban.
Jouban's modelling career is well documented and hasn't gone unnoticed. "It's too bad he has such a pretty face, I'll probably feel guilty by punching him in the face. I need to think how I'll approach this," Gunnar says with a laugh.