Daniel Kelly
10 UFC Fights | 60% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (33%)
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.
- Loss vs Tom Breese · KO/TKO · R1 3:33 · UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till · May 2018
- Loss vs Elias Theodorou · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura · Nov 2017
- Loss vs Derek Brunson · KO/TKO · R1 1:16 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt · Jun 2017
- Win vs Rashad Evans · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 · Mar 2017
- Win vs Chris Camozzi · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson · Nov 2016
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
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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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Tom Breese | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:33 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till | 2018-05-27 |
| L | Elias Theodorou | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura | 2017-11-18 |
| L | Derek Brunson | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:16 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt | 2017-06-10 |
| W | Rashad Evans | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 | 2017-03-04 |
| W | Chris Camozzi | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson | 2016-11-26 |
| W | Antonio Carlos Junior | KO/TKO | R3 · 1:36 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir | 2016-03-19 |
| W | Steve Montgomery | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm | 2015-11-14 |
| L | Sam Alvey | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:49 | UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt | 2015-05-09 |
| W | Patrick Walsh | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch | 2015-02-14 |
| W | Luke Zachrich | Submission | R1 · 4:27 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping | 2014-11-07 |
How Kelly Ranks at Middleweight
Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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