Gunnar Nelson will face Rick Story in the main event of UFC Fight Night Stockholm on October 4.
The fight will be the first UFC event Nelson has headlined in his career. The Icelandic submission specialist is unbeaten and will be looking to extend his win streak to 14 in Stockholm with a win over Rick "The Horror" Story.
I am honored to fight in Sweden and to headline this card.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.
The adopted Irishman who trains under John Kavanagh at SBG enters the bout off a superb submission victory over Zak Cummings at the UFC's triumphant return to Irish shores in July. It was the ninth submission victory of his professional career.
Story has a record of 17-8 in professional MMA and defeated Leandro Mafra via arm triangle choke in his last trip to the Octagon, at UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs Miller in July.
UFC Fight Night 53 takes place on October 4 from the Ericsson globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
