Since Nelson's fast win of Brandon Thatch in LA a couple of weeks ago, it's been difficult to find an opponent willing to fight Icelandic MMA champion Gunnar Nelson in an upcoming fight in Dublin, Ireland in October.

According to Jón Viðar Arnþórsson, director of MMA club Mjölnir in Iceland, all those who have been asked have said no, and have come up with a variety of excuses.

Nelson is very popular within the scene in Dublin and has good connections there through his trainer John Kavanagh. Amongst the proposed opponents to Nelson are Stephen Thompson and Demian Maia.

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