Brunson vs Kelly

Who won Brunson vs Kelly?

Derek Brunson beat Daniel Kelly by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 110, on Saturday 10th June 2017 at Vector Arena in Auckland.

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

Brunson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had won against Darren Till at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

He had defeated Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Brunson vs Kelly?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Brunson vs Kelly.