MatchWiz

Daniel Kelly

13-4-0 · MatchWiz rating 1543

Age49Height6'0"Reach70.5"StanceSouthpawDivisionMiddleweightCampResilience Training CentreCountryAustralia

Rating trend

150020152016201720181543

current 1543 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Daniel Kelly is 5-4 across 9 fights on our tape. He's on a 3-fight losing run. Our rating has him at 1543 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He goes the distance

Daniel rarely finishes — most of his wins come on the cards. That's not a criticism; decision fighters are often the most predictable profile on a board, because they win by accumulating rather than by landing one shot. It does mean his ceiling in any single fight is capped, and that the judges become a variable no model handles well.

Age matters more here than in most sports

Daniel is 49. MMA decline tends to arrive suddenly rather than gradually — durability goes before output does, so a fighter can look sharp on the stats right up until he doesn't. The model factors age in, and it's one of the places we'd trust the number least on any individual fight.

How the model reads him

Daniel's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Daniel Kelly — FAQ

What is Daniel Kelly's record?

5-4 across 9 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1543 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Daniel Kelly?

He lands 3.5 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 4.6, with 1.8 takedowns per 15 minutes and 76% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
May 27, 2018Tom BreeseL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till-19
Nov 19, 2017Elias TheodorouL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura-18
Jun 11, 2017Derek BrunsonL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt-20
Mar 5, 2017Rashad EvansW · Decision - Split R3UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2+9
Nov 27, 2016Chris CamozziW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson+28
Mar 20, 2016Antonio Carlos Jr.W · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir+40
Nov 14, 2015Steve MontgomeryW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm+29
May 9, 2015Sam AlveyL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt-38
Feb 14, 2015Patrick WalshW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch+32

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →