John Gunderson | |
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Born |
Houston Texas., United States |
May 1, 1980
Other names | Guns |
Nationality | American |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
Division |
Lightweight Welterweight |
Reach | 69.0 in (175 cm) |
Fighting out of | Houston, Texas, United States |
Team | Team Tompkins |
Years active | 2001-2014 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 53 |
Wins | 35 |
By knockout | 4 |
By submission | 28 |
By decision | 3 |
Losses | 16 |
By knockout | 2 |
By submission | 6 |
By decision | 8 |
Draws | 2 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
John Edward Gunderson (born May 1, 1980) is a retired American mixed martial artist. He used to fight with the UFC and SCC also numerous other organizations being a champion or fighting for the championship in many of them. Once he was a top 10 lightweight outside the UFC Gunderson is also an International Fight League veteran who fought out of Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den and was a member of the Nevada Lions alongside The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights winner Roy Nelson. He is currently training with Xtreme Couture and TapouT. a coach out of Syndicate MMA
Gunderson made his UFC debut at UFC 108 against Rafaello Oliveira with 12 days notice on January 2, 2010. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Gunderson was supposed to make his next appearance against Paul Taylor at UFC 112, but the fight was canceled last minute due to Taylor not being medically cleared.
Gunderson was scheduled to face Taylor at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale, but Taylor was forced out of the bout again. Gunderson fought and defeated UFC newcomer and Canadian kickboxing champ Mark Holst.
Gunderson was expected to face Efrain Escudero on September 15, 2010 at UFC Fight Night 22, however Escudero fought Matt Wiman as Mac Danzig was pulled from the card due to injury. Gunderson instead faced returning UFC veteran and former number 2 world ranked lightweight Yves Edwards, and lost the fight via unanimous decision. He was later released from UFC.