Daniel Kelly

MiddleweightComplete Fighter
6 - 4

10 UFC Fights | 60% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (33%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
70"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
48
Southpaw

Daniel Kelly UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Daniel Kelly is 6-4 in the UFC across 10 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 1 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 13-4, 7-0 of it outside the UFC. Kelly competes at middleweight as a southpaw complete fighter, standing 6'0" with a 70" reach at 48 years old. The last bout was a loss to Tom Breese by knockout in May 2018.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 81st percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (79%).

Daniel Kelly's UFC win rate is 60% (6 of 10 fights), and 33% of those wins came by finish. Kelly averages 1.2 takedowns per fight at 34% accuracy and stops 79% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
13-4
UFC Record
6-4
Height
6'0"
Reach
70"
Age
48
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
L vs Tom Breese · KO/TKO · May 2018

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Daniel Kelly's Last 5 Fights

Kelly is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Tom Breese · KO/TKO · R1 3:33 · UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till · May 2018
  2. Loss vs Elias Theodorou · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura · Nov 2017
  3. Loss vs Derek Brunson · KO/TKO · R1 1:16 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt · Jun 2017
  4. Win vs Rashad Evans · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 · Mar 2017
  5. Win vs Chris Camozzi · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson · Nov 2016

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.6
Accuracy
39%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.00

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.6
Strike Differential
+-1.0
Opp. Accuracy Against
38%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.2
Takedown Accuracy
34%
Takedown Defense
79%
Control Time / Fight
1:47
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
10% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
10% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Daniel Kelly vs Average

Daniel Kelly lands 11.6 strikes in R1 but 23.0 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Daniel Kelly's UFC Fight History

10 UFC fights on record (6-4), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LTom BreeseKO/TKOR1 · 3:33UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till2018-05-27
LElias TheodorouDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura2017-11-18
LDerek BrunsonKO/TKOR1 · 1:16UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt2017-06-10
WRashad EvansDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 22017-03-04
WChris CamozziDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson2016-11-26
WAntonio Carlos JuniorKO/TKOR3 · 1:36UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir2016-03-19
WSteve MontgomeryDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm2015-11-14
LSam AlveyKO/TKOR1 · 0:49UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt2015-05-09
WPatrick WalshDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch2015-02-14
WLuke ZachrichSubmissionR1 · 4:27UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping2014-11-07

How Kelly Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.6 sig. strikes/min
70th percentile
Striking accuracy39%
13th percentile
Strikes absorbed4.6/min
12th percentile
Takedowns1.2/fight
70th percentile
Takedown defense79%
81st percentile
Knockdown power0.00/fight
0th percentile

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