Kelly vs Stevens

Who won Kelly vs Stevens?

Darragh Kelly beat Kye Stevens by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 285, on Friday 23rd September 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Darragh Kelly.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Kelly vs Stevens stats

Darragh Kelly stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Kye Stevens made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

This was Darragh Kelly's 6th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Kye Stevens marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Darragh Kelly's Bellator record stood at 6-0-0, while Kye Stevens' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Stevens had an advantage in power over Kelly, with a 33% knock out percentage over Kelly's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kelly had a massive advantage over Stevens, boasting a 83% submission rate over Stevens' 0%.

Darragh Kelly was the older man by 27 years, at 27 years old.

Stevens had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kelly.

Kelly was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 1 year and 6 months earlier than Stevens, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 19 to Stevens' 18.

Kelly vs Stevens form

Kelly remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mathias Poiron at Bellator Champions Series: Dublin on 22nd June 2024 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jelle Zeegers at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dorval Jordan at Bellator Dublin on 25th February 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Before that, he was victorious against Kye Stevens at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin.

He had won against Junior Morgan at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

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Kelly's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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