Brian Kelleher
17 UFC Fights | 47% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (63%)
Brian Kelleher UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Brian Kelleher is 8-9 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 3 by submission and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-16, 16-7 of it outside the UFC. Kelleher competes at bantamweight as a switch outfighter, standing 5'6" with a 66" reach at 40 years old. The last bout was a loss to Cody Gibson by submission in Jul 2024.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 51st percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (0.9/fight).
Brian Kelleher's UFC win rate is 47% (8 of 17 fights), and 63% of those wins came by finish. Kelleher averages 0.9 takedowns per fight at 42% accuracy and stops 60% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 24-16
- UFC Record
- 8-9
- Height
- 5'6"
- Reach
- 66"
- Age
- 40
- Stance
- Switch
- Last Fight
- L vs Cody Gibson · Submission · Jul 2024
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Brian Kelleher's Last 5 Fights
Kelleher is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Cody Gibson · Submission · R1 3:58 · UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba · Jul 2024
- Loss vs Cody Garbrandt · KO/TKO · R1 3:42 · UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington · Dec 2023
- Loss vs Mario Bautista · Submission · R1 2:27 · UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot · Jun 2022
- Loss vs Umar Nurmagomedov · Submission · R1 3:15 · UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · Mar 2022
- Win vs Kevin Croom · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze · Jan 2022
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Brian Kelleher vs Average
Brian Kelleher lands 8.8 strikes in R1 but 22.7 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Brian Kelleher's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (8-9), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Cody Gibson | Submission | R1 · 3:58 | UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba | 2024-07-20 |
| L | Cody Garbrandt | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:42 | UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington | 2023-12-16 |
| L | Mario Bautista | Submission | R1 · 2:27 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot | 2022-06-25 |
| L | Umar Nurmagomedov | Submission | R1 · 3:15 | UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal | 2022-03-05 |
| W | Kevin Croom | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze | 2022-01-15 |
| W | Domingo Pilarte | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum | 2021-08-21 |
| L | Ricky Simon | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns | 2021-02-13 |
| W | Ray Rodriguez | Submission | R1 · 0:39 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai | 2020-09-05 |
| L | Cody Stamann | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer | 2020-06-06 |
| W | Hunter Azure | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:40 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira | 2020-05-13 |
| W | Ode Osbourne | Submission | R1 · 2:49 | UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy | 2020-01-18 |
| L | Montel Jackson | Submission | R1 · 1:40 | UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 | 2018-12-29 |
| L | John Lineker | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:43 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | 2018-05-12 |
| W | Renan Barao | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens | 2018-02-24 |
| W | Damian Stasiak | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:39 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till | 2017-10-21 |
| L | Marlon Vera | Submission | R1 · 2:18 | UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum | 2017-07-22 |
| W | Iuri Alcantara | Submission | R1 · 1:48 | UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway | 2017-06-03 |
How Kelleher Ranks at Bantamweight
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