Paul Kelly

5-4
Record
Age / DOB 41
(Sep 12, 1984)
Height 5' 9"
Weight 155 lbs.
Reach 70.0"
Stance Orthodox
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Career Averages
3.22 Sig. Strikes / Min
37.0% Sig. Strike Acc.
2.61 Absorbed / Min
59.0% Strike Defense
1.34 TD Avg / 15 min
60.0% TD Accuracy
30.0% TD Defense
1.5 Sub. / Fight
Win Methods (5)
KO/TKO 1
Submission 1
Decision 3
Loss Methods (4)
KO/TKO 1
Submission 2
Decision 1

Fight History

Result / Opponent
Event & Date
Method/Round
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Comments
Loss
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort
Feb 05, 2011
Submission (rear-naked choke) R2 3:48
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Donald Cerrone 0 37 of 74 50% 62 of 101 3 of 4 75% 1 0 3:31
Paul Kelly 0 22 of 75 29% 29 of 82 0 of 0 --- 2 0 0:00
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Donald Cerrone 0 20 of 40 50% 31 of 53 2 of 3 66% 0 0 1:56
Paul Kelly 0 12 of 41 29% 13 of 42 0 of 0 --- 1 0 0:00
2 Donald Cerrone 0 17 of 34 50% 31 of 48 1 of 1 100% 1 0 1:35
Paul Kelly 0 10 of 34 29% 16 of 40 0 of 0 --- 1 0 0:00
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Donald Cerrone 37 of 74 50% 14 of 46 13 of 15 10 of 13 26 of 56 2 of 6 9 of 12
Paul Kelly 22 of 75 29% 16 of 64 4 of 8 2 of 3 21 of 68 1 of 5 0 of 2
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Donald Cerrone 20 of 40 50% 6 of 25 8 of 9 6 of 6 15 of 31 1 of 2 4 of 7
Paul Kelly 12 of 41 29% 11 of 38 1 of 3 0 of 0 11 of 36 1 of 3 0 of 2
2 Donald Cerrone 17 of 34 50% 8 of 21 5 of 6 4 of 7 11 of 25 1 of 4 5 of 5
Paul Kelly 10 of 34 29% 5 of 26 3 of 5 2 of 3 10 of 32 0 of 2 0 of 0
Win
UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida
Nov 20, 2010
TKO (elbows) R2 3:16
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Kelly 1 44 of 104 42% 106 of 171 1 of 1 100% 0 1 2:54
T.J. O'Brien 0 32 of 69 46% 38 of 77 1 of 1 100% 0 0 0:27
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Kelly 0 17 of 58 29% 19 of 60 1 of 1 100% 0 0 0:52
T.J. O'Brien 0 19 of 52 36% 24 of 58 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:00
2 Paul Kelly 1 27 of 46 58% 87 of 111 0 of 0 --- 0 1 2:02
T.J. O'Brien 0 13 of 17 76% 14 of 19 1 of 1 100% 0 0 0:27
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Kelly 44 of 104 42% 37 of 93 2 of 3 5 of 8 17 of 66 2 of 2 25 of 36
T.J. O'Brien 32 of 69 46% 17 of 47 5 of 8 10 of 14 28 of 61 0 of 2 4 of 6
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Kelly 17 of 58 29% 10 of 49 2 of 2 5 of 7 15 of 55 2 of 2 0 of 1
T.J. O'Brien 19 of 52 36% 8 of 34 4 of 7 7 of 11 18 of 49 0 of 2 1 of 1
2 Paul Kelly 27 of 46 58% 27 of 44 0 of 1 0 of 1 2 of 11 0 of 0 25 of 35
T.J. O'Brien 13 of 17 76% 9 of 13 1 of 1 3 of 3 10 of 12 0 of 0 3 of 5
Loss
UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko
Aug 01, 2010
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Jacob Volkmann 0 24 of 61 39% 45 of 85 0 of 0 --- 2 2 3:55
Paul Kelly 0 32 of 79 40% 61 of 111 6 of 7 85% 2 1 7:51
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Jacob Volkmann 0 4 of 27 14% 4 of 27 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:12
Paul Kelly 0 21 of 52 40% 31 of 64 2 of 3 66% 0 0 2:53
2 Jacob Volkmann 0 9 of 15 60% 24 of 31 0 of 0 --- 0 1 2:20
Paul Kelly 0 7 of 14 50% 12 of 20 1 of 1 100% 1 1 2:26
3 Jacob Volkmann 0 11 of 19 57% 17 of 27 0 of 0 --- 2 1 1:23
Paul Kelly 0 4 of 13 30% 18 of 27 3 of 3 100% 1 0 2:32
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Jacob Volkmann 24 of 61 39% 19 of 54 2 of 3 3 of 4 6 of 32 3 of 5 15 of 24
Paul Kelly 32 of 79 40% 25 of 70 2 of 2 5 of 7 7 of 29 1 of 1 24 of 49
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Jacob Volkmann 4 of 27 14% 3 of 24 0 of 1 1 of 2 2 of 23 2 of 4 0 of 0
Paul Kelly 21 of 52 40% 14 of 44 2 of 2 5 of 6 6 of 21 1 of 1 14 of 30
2 Jacob Volkmann 9 of 15 60% 8 of 14 0 of 0 1 of 1 1 of 3 0 of 0 8 of 12
Paul Kelly 7 of 14 50% 7 of 14 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 1 0 of 0 7 of 13
3 Jacob Volkmann 11 of 19 57% 8 of 16 2 of 2 1 of 1 3 of 6 1 of 1 7 of 12
Paul Kelly 4 of 13 30% 4 of 12 0 of 0 0 of 1 1 of 7 0 of 0 3 of 6
Win
UFC 112: Invincible
Apr 10, 2010
Submission (guillotine choke) R2 3:41
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Kelly 0 47 of 73 64% 110 of 145 0 of 0 --- 3 2 5:25
Matt Veach 0 4 of 9 44% 9 of 14 1 of 1 100% 2 0 2:26
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Kelly 0 24 of 34 70% 52 of 65 0 of 0 --- 2 1 2:45
Matt Veach 0 3 of 6 50% 7 of 10 1 of 1 100% 2 0 1:46
2 Paul Kelly 0 23 of 39 58% 58 of 80 0 of 0 --- 1 1 2:40
Matt Veach 0 1 of 3 33% 2 of 4 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:40
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Kelly 47 of 73 64% 41 of 67 6 of 6 0 of 0 9 of 19 2 of 5 36 of 49
Matt Veach 4 of 9 44% 4 of 8 0 of 1 0 of 0 2 of 6 0 of 0 2 of 3
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Kelly 24 of 34 70% 19 of 29 5 of 5 0 of 0 6 of 12 1 of 2 17 of 20
Matt Veach 3 of 6 50% 3 of 6 0 of 0 0 of 0 1 of 3 0 of 0 2 of 3
2 Paul Kelly 23 of 39 58% 22 of 38 1 of 1 0 of 0 3 of 7 1 of 3 19 of 29
Matt Veach 1 of 3 33% 1 of 2 0 of 1 0 of 0 1 of 3 0 of 0 0 of 0
Loss
UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera
Nov 14, 2009
TKO (spinning back kick and punches) R2 2:53
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Dennis Siver 2 38 of 165 23% 44 of 171 0 of 2 0% 0 0 0:27
Paul Kelly 0 12 of 84 14% 15 of 87 1 of 3 33% 0 0 0:56
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Dennis Siver 0 21 of 104 20% 21 of 104 0 of 1 0% 0 0 0:00
Paul Kelly 0 8 of 61 13% 11 of 64 1 of 2 50% 0 0 0:56
2 Dennis Siver 2 17 of 61 27% 23 of 67 0 of 1 0% 0 0 0:27
Paul Kelly 0 4 of 23 17% 4 of 23 0 of 1 0% 0 0 0:00
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Dennis Siver 38 of 165 23% 28 of 146 4 of 9 6 of 10 32 of 148 4 of 13 2 of 4
Paul Kelly 12 of 84 14% 9 of 78 2 of 3 1 of 3 7 of 76 5 of 8 0 of 0
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Dennis Siver 21 of 104 20% 14 of 90 2 of 6 5 of 8 20 of 97 1 of 7 0 of 0
Paul Kelly 8 of 61 13% 5 of 56 2 of 3 1 of 2 3 of 53 5 of 8 0 of 0
2 Dennis Siver 17 of 61 27% 14 of 56 2 of 3 1 of 2 12 of 51 3 of 6 2 of 4
Paul Kelly 4 of 23 17% 4 of 22 0 of 0 0 of 1 4 of 23 0 of 0 0 of 0
Win
UFC 99: The Comeback
Jun 13, 2009
Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Kelly 0 32 of 74 43% 90 of 134 1 of 1 100% 2 2 7:55
Rolando Delgado 0 14 of 28 50% 42 of 59 1 of 5 20% 3 1 4:04
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Kelly 0 4 of 13 30% 20 of 29 0 of 0 --- 0 1 2:16
Rolando Delgado 0 7 of 13 53% 24 of 31 0 of 1 0% 0 1 1:40
2 Paul Kelly 0 8 of 22 36% 18 of 33 0 of 0 --- 1 1 2:08
Rolando Delgado 0 4 of 5 80% 15 of 18 1 of 1 100% 2 0 2:24
3 Paul Kelly 0 20 of 39 51% 52 of 72 1 of 1 100% 1 0 3:31
Rolando Delgado 0 3 of 10 30% 3 of 10 0 of 3 0% 1 0 0:00
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Kelly 32 of 74 43% 27 of 68 2 of 2 3 of 4 2 of 22 0 of 1 30 of 51
Rolando Delgado 14 of 28 50% 6 of 16 6 of 9 2 of 3 10 of 24 2 of 2 2 of 2
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Kelly 4 of 13 30% 3 of 11 0 of 0 1 of 2 0 of 6 0 of 0 4 of 7
Rolando Delgado 7 of 13 53% 3 of 8 3 of 4 1 of 1 5 of 11 1 of 1 1 of 1
2 Paul Kelly 8 of 22 36% 7 of 21 0 of 0 1 of 1 0 of 3 0 of 0 8 of 19
Rolando Delgado 4 of 5 80% 1 of 2 3 of 3 0 of 0 2 of 3 1 of 1 1 of 1
3 Paul Kelly 20 of 39 51% 17 of 36 2 of 2 1 of 1 2 of 13 0 of 1 18 of 25
Rolando Delgado 3 of 10 30% 2 of 6 0 of 2 1 of 2 3 of 10 0 of 0 0 of 0
Win
UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson
Feb 21, 2009
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–28) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Kelly 0 71 of 190 37% 192 of 327 2 of 6 33% 0 1 6:23
Troy Mandaloniz 1 38 of 82 46% 44 of 88 4 of 4 100% 0 0 2:45
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Kelly 0 43 of 92 46% 70 of 123 1 of 3 33% 0 0 1:41
Troy Mandaloniz 1 18 of 35 51% 20 of 37 1 of 1 100% 0 0 1:17
2 Paul Kelly 0 9 of 26 34% 80 of 107 1 of 1 100% 0 1 3:34
Troy Mandaloniz 0 8 of 14 57% 12 of 18 1 of 1 100% 0 0 0:38
3 Paul Kelly 0 19 of 72 26% 42 of 97 0 of 2 0% 0 0 1:08
Troy Mandaloniz 0 12 of 33 36% 12 of 33 2 of 2 100% 0 0 0:50
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Kelly 71 of 190 37% 43 of 157 16 of 19 12 of 14 34 of 113 22 of 40 15 of 37
Troy Mandaloniz 38 of 82 46% 31 of 71 4 of 7 3 of 4 26 of 56 9 of 19 3 of 7
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Kelly 43 of 92 46% 25 of 71 13 of 15 5 of 6 14 of 37 21 of 37 8 of 18
Troy Mandaloniz 18 of 35 51% 12 of 28 4 of 5 2 of 2 9 of 16 9 of 18 0 of 1
2 Paul Kelly 9 of 26 34% 7 of 23 1 of 1 1 of 2 3 of 9 0 of 0 6 of 17
Troy Mandaloniz 8 of 14 57% 7 of 11 0 of 1 1 of 2 5 of 10 0 of 0 3 of 4
3 Paul Kelly 19 of 72 26% 11 of 63 2 of 3 6 of 6 17 of 67 1 of 3 1 of 2
Troy Mandaloniz 12 of 33 36% 12 of 32 0 of 1 0 of 0 12 of 30 0 of 1 0 of 2
Loss
UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
Oct 18, 2008
Submission (guillotine choke) R2 2:16
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Marcus Davis 0 25 of 63 39% 36 of 74 1 of 1 100% 1 0 0:46
Paul Kelly 0 3 of 56 5% 3 of 56 1 of 1 100% 1 0 0:23
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Marcus Davis 0 18 of 44 40% 29 of 55 1 of 1 100% 0 0 0:46
Paul Kelly 0 2 of 34 5% 2 of 34 0 of 0 --- 1 0 0:00
2 Marcus Davis 0 7 of 19 36% 7 of 19 0 of 0 --- 1 0 0:00
Paul Kelly 0 1 of 22 4% 1 of 22 1 of 1 100% 0 0 0:23
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Marcus Davis 25 of 63 39% 12 of 46 3 of 5 10 of 12 24 of 62 0 of 0 1 of 1
Paul Kelly 3 of 56 5% 2 of 55 1 of 1 0 of 0 3 of 55 0 of 1 0 of 0
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Marcus Davis 18 of 44 40% 9 of 32 3 of 4 6 of 8 17 of 43 0 of 0 1 of 1
Paul Kelly 2 of 34 5% 1 of 33 1 of 1 0 of 0 2 of 33 0 of 1 0 of 0
2 Marcus Davis 7 of 19 36% 3 of 14 0 of 1 4 of 4 7 of 19 0 of 0 0 of 0
Paul Kelly 1 of 22 4% 1 of 22 0 of 0 0 of 0 1 of 22 0 of 0 0 of 0
Win
UFC 80: Rapid Fire
Jan 19, 2008
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Kelly 0 70 of 139 50% 154 of 234 3 of 3 100% 0 1 12:07
Paul Taylor 0 43 of 81 53% 149 of 202 1 of 1 100% 3 0 1:21
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Kelly 0 31 of 64 48% 45 of 79 1 of 1 100% 0 0 3:56
Paul Taylor 0 24 of 47 51% 53 of 76 0 of 0 --- 2 0 0:22
2 Paul Kelly 0 17 of 34 50% 40 of 61 0 of 0 --- 0 1 3:56
Paul Taylor 0 7 of 15 46% 45 of 59 1 of 1 100% 1 0 0:46
3 Paul Kelly 0 22 of 41 53% 69 of 94 2 of 2 100% 0 0 4:15
Paul Taylor 0 12 of 19 63% 51 of 67 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:13
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Kelly 70 of 139 50% 57 of 125 13 of 14 0 of 0 13 of 36 11 of 15 46 of 88
Paul Taylor 43 of 81 53% 29 of 67 7 of 7 7 of 7 13 of 40 17 of 20 13 of 21
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Kelly 31 of 64 48% 25 of 58 6 of 6 0 of 0 8 of 22 8 of 10 15 of 32
Paul Taylor 24 of 47 51% 15 of 38 3 of 3 6 of 6 10 of 28 10 of 12 4 of 7
2 Paul Kelly 17 of 34 50% 16 of 32 1 of 2 0 of 0 2 of 5 0 of 1 15 of 28
Paul Taylor 7 of 15 46% 6 of 14 0 of 0 1 of 1 1 of 5 0 of 0 6 of 10
3 Paul Kelly 22 of 41 53% 16 of 35 6 of 6 0 of 0 3 of 9 3 of 4 16 of 28
Paul Taylor 12 of 19 63% 8 of 15 4 of 4 0 of 0 2 of 7 7 of 8 3 of 4