4 Main Card Predictions For UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story

1. Gunnar Nelson vs. Rick Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS07IL_em6Y Weight Class: Welterweight Is Gunnar Nelson (13€“0€“1) capable of headlining a card? Well, this fight will tell. The promising prospect is getting a tough gatekeeper in Rick Story (17€“8), who has been trading wins and losses since June of 2012. Once upon a time, Story was on a six fight win streak in the UFC, but those days have long since passed. Now he's facing a rising Icelandic star, a venerable submission machine in Nelson. Story has just one submission loss in his career, but Nelson could be the man to change that. While not fighting in his native Iceland, he's still a European fighter in friendly territory, so the crowd should be fully behind him. He's part of a camp that has been soaring of late thanks to the success of Nelson and Conor McGregor. Really, this is Nelson's moment to shine. It's a fight he could lose, as Story is no slouch, but we fully expect him to win big. Look for him to sink in a choke somewhere in the second or third.