STOCKHOLM – In the first headliner of today’s UFC doubleheader, Rick Story (18-8 MMA, 11-6 UFC) upset Gunnar Nelson (13-1-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), bringing about a pretty miserable night for Swedish fight fans. After the country’s own fighters went winless on the undercard, not even Nelson, a previously unbeaten Icelandic fighter with a strong following in Sweden, could bring them a victory. Instead, the veteran Story halted “Gunni’s” quick rise up the welterweight ranks and stole some of his thunder with a hard-fought unanimous-decision victory.
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