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 41 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 stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ronaldo Souza at UFC on FOX 27 on 27th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

Going into that contest, he had won against Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he had beaten Daniel Kelly at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

He had been defeated by Anderson Silva at UFC 208 on 11th February 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

Activity check

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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