Danielle Kelly is excited for the historic ONE Championship live event in the United States later this year and would love to be a part of it, either as a competitor or a spectator.
The promotion will hit the US for the first time on May 5 for ONE Fight Night 10 on Prime Video at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
It will be headlined by the trilogy fight between current ONE World Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson and former division king Adriano Moraes.
During the post-fight interview of her most recent outing, submission wrestling ace Danielle Kelly said that given the chance, she would love to experience the atmosphere of ONE’s first US show. Ideally, she wants to be a competitor. , but if not, just catching the other world class athletes doing their thing would be great.
Danielle Kelly said:
“If I’m offered to attend, I’d love to. I want to be a part of the first US card under ONE Championship. That would be great. And I don’t care if I compete on that card in the US, but I mean, if I don’t it’s May so hopefully next time ONE Championship has their next card from the USA.”
So far, the superstars we know will be competing on ONE’s first US show include Rodtang Jitmuangnon, Stamp Fairtex, Mikey Musumeci, Roberto Soldic, Sage Northcutt, Aung La N Sang, Reinier de Ridder, and Tye Ruotolo.
ONE Fight Night 10 will stream live and free to all Prime Video subscribers in North America.
Danielle Kelly is “proud” of her performance against the much heavier Ayaka Miura
American grappling ace Danielle Kelly was pushed to the limit in her most recent fight by a heavier opponent in Japanese judoka Ayaka Miura, and yet came away with the win. It is something she is very happy and proud of.
The Silver Fox BJJ affiliate outpointed “Zombie” Miura in their featured catchweight submission grappling matchup at ONE Fight Night 7 on Prime Video last week in Bangkok, winning via unanimous decision.
Danielle Kelly admitted that her opponent’s size and judo prowess proved to be a more difficult challenge than she expected. She was forced into difficult positions early on, but she managed to turn the tide in her favor as the fight progressed by delving into her extensive grappling experience.
After the fight, the American fighter said:
“I’m proud of it. I’m literally 10 to 15 pounds lighter than her. I agreed to fight her at middleweight and she’s very good, very strong.”
Additionally, he shared his experience fighting Miura on Instagram, saying:
“I got the win tonight! Against a skilled opponent. I really had to dig through this one. A lot of people can say what they want, but every time I was in a bad place, I ran away and attacked.”
The win over Miura was part of Danielle Kelly’s drive to rack up wins in hopes of challenging for a submission wrestling world title in the very near future.