Brunson vs Kelly

Who won Brunson vs Kelly?

Derek Brunson beat Daniel Kelly by during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 110, on Saturday 10th June 2017 at Vector Arena in Auckland.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Derek Brunson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Brunson vs Kelly stats

Derek Brunson stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Daniel Kelly made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Derek Brunson's UFC record stood at 14-7-0, while Daniel Kelly's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Brunson had a massive power advantage over Kelly, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Kelly's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kelly had an advantage over Brunson, with a 38% submission rate over Brunson's 19%.

Derek Brunson was the younger man by 6 years, at 40 years old.

Brunson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kelly. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Brunson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 10 months later than Kelly, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 63 to Kelly's 34.

Brunson vs Kelly form

Derek Brunson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ray Cooper at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jared Cannonier at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had beaten Darren Till at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Kelly's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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