Fighters Only - Nelson vs Story set for UFC Fight Night main event in Sweden: The UFC have confirmed that welterweight contenders Gunnar Nelson and Rick Story will face each other in a five-round main event bout at UFC Fight Night 53 on October 4th in Stockholm, Sweden. The event will be broadcast on the Fight Pass network, which is available in over 160 countries. “To headline a card in Sweden is huge for me, said Gunnar. They love my kind of style of fighting and I am of course Scandinavian so we have a good connection. I am honored to fight in Sweden and to headline this card. “Rick Story has fought many of the best fighters. He beat the current champion in Johny Hendricks, he is very experienced and is a very good wrestler. He is a tough opponent and I am happy to be fighting him. Now I will head straight into training. I plan to go to Las Vegas to train with Conor McGregor and to help him prepare for his fight, and then I will most likely go to Sweden from there.” The fight will be the first UFC main event contest for both men. Although they both have a tough challenge ahead of them, they seem equally excited to take it on. Oh man, this is a really exciting match-up! Stylistically it’s going to be great because Gunnar is a grappler and an attacker, explained Story. When it comes to fighting you can’t ask for more than someone who comes at you. As soon as I found out I started to watch his fights on UFC Fight Pass. “I have fought in Germany before but it will be my first time in Stockholm so I am looking forward to seeing the city. My schedule now will be to pack up, leave Vancouver, Washington where I am at the moment and head down to Arizona to the MMA Lab to start training. I’m really excited for this fight. Gunnar Nelson is currently undefeated in pro MMA with a record of 13-0-1. He won his UFC debut in September 2012 against DaMarques Johnson via submission. He earned a Performance of the Night bonus in his most recent fight when he defeated tough grappler Zak Cummings via rear naked choke at UFC Fight Night 46 in Dublin, Ireland. Rick Story has a record of 17-8 and is one of only two men (the other being former UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre) to defeat current 170lb title holder Johny Hendricks. He recently broke into the top-15 of the division division following a submission win over Leonardo Mafra at UFC Fight Night 45. --- You can read a special video games-themed interview with Gunnar Nelson in our current UK edition. @FightersOnly #MMA
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:02:03 +0000
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