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Gunnar Nelson Targeting Return in Early 2017, Wants to Face Dong Hyun Kim

November 3, 2016 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Gunnar Nelson’s coach says that the fighter expects to be back from injury soon and would like to face his originally-scheduled opponent from UFC Fight Night 99. John Kavanagh spoke with MMAjunkie and said that while Nelson has yet to be cleared form the ankle injury that forced him out of his planned fight with Dong Hyun Kim, he’s nearly back to 100%.

“He’s practically back training now,” Kavanagh said. “The timing was such that it wouldn’t have given him enough time to properly prepare for somebody as tough as his opponent. It was just a timing issue…He’s practically healed up, he’s practically back training full-on, and I’m hoping the UFC will put on the same fight in early 2017. But we have to wait on their decision for that.”