Darragh Kelly MMA Profile Record, Stats, Biography, UFC Career & Fight History

Stepping in on short notice to headline in Belfast, Kelly was caught in an early exchange when Wilson landed a sharp body kick followed by a blistering left hook that dropped Kelly to the canvas, prompting referee John McCarthy to step in after just 37 seconds.

Kelly pressed forward from the opening seconds, landing a straight right before executing an explosive double-leg takedown. After a brief scramble, Kelly swiftly transitioned to Abdulaev’s back, sunk his arm under the neck, and secured a clean rear-naked choke at 2:27.

In his United States debut, Kelly weathered crisp counter punches from Hamel before imposing his superior grappling in rounds two and three, taking Hamel to the mat and applying a crushing face crank to force the third-round submission at 1:51.

Kelly dominated the undefeated Ukrainian with relentless body locks, knees, and heavy inside elbows against the fence. Despite absorbing repeated groin strikes from Hrytsenko that resulted in a point deduction, Kelly swept all three rounds on every judge’s card.

Returning to lightweight, Kelly pressured Poiron to the fence, seized the exposed neck during a clinch exchange, and jumped into a razor-sharp guillotine choke, putting Poiron unconscious at 1:29 of round one.

Kelly paced himself patiently over the first two frames before increasing the pressure in round three, taking Zeegers down and raining unanswered ground-and-pound punches to force referee Blake Grice’s stoppage at 3:42.

Kelly controlled French striker Jordan with dominant wrestling across the first two rounds, advancing to full mount in round three and landing heavy ground-and-pound strikes to force the stoppage at 1:58.

Kelly dictated the tempo from start to finish, using cage control and smothering wrestling to out-point Stevens and earn a wide unanimous decision in his second professional bout.

Before a roaring crowd at the 3Arena with Conor McGregor cageside, Kelly made a sensational professional debut, latching onto a standing guillotine choke and taking undefeated prospect Morgan down to secure the tapout at 1:47 of round one.