Since signing with ONE Championship, submission grappler Danielle Kelly has been calling her photographs at among the greatest names within the promotion.
From the second she turned part of the ONE household, the 27-year previous has been campaigning for high-profile matchups as she seems to be to check herself on the largest stage doable.
One identify that has repeatedly come out of her mouth is atomweight world champion Angela Lee. The champ and Kelly have exchanged phrases on a number of events as each girls appear open to the concept of testing their grappling abilities towards each other.
Throughout her pre-event interview forward of ONE Struggle Night time 7 on Prime Video, Danielle Kelly talked about one other identify alongside Lee, strawweight MMA world champion Xiong Jing Nan.
She mentioned:
“I might like to go towards each of them [Xiong and Angela Lee]. I might like to go towards her. Why not? Sounds straightforward to me. I feel she’ll be a better matchup than Angela, however I will not flip that down.”
Xiong Jing Nan and Angela Lee are the one feminine MMA fighters who’ve held a world title in ONE Championship, having claimed the inaugural belts of their respective divisions and defeating each challenger they confronted.
Kelly hopes to check her abilities towards the 2 formidable feminine champs to deliver extra eyes to submission grappling.
Danielle Kelly talks about ONE Championship’s submission grappling ruleset
Danielle Kelly is among the premier submission grappling rivals on the ONE Championship roster. In recent times, the promotion has been closely investing into the game, and with that comes a novel ruleset.
ONE Championship’s variation on the grappling ruleset favors offense over the rest, encouraging rivals to attempt to end the competition. With that, it rewards fighters with a call victory in the event that they’re unable to get the submission however produced the higher threats.
At ONE Struggle Night time 7 on Prime Video, Kelly will compete within the promotion for the third time when she faces Japanese judo specialist Ayaka Miura.
Together with her opponent’s stable background and expertise competing in MMA, Kelly is aware of that Miura can be tough to submit. Nevertheless, she will take advantage of ONE’s variation on submission grappling to make sure that by being the aggressor, she will get her hand raised regardless.
In her pre-event interview forward of February 24, Danielle Kelly mentioned:
“I prefer it, It makes folks not stall or keep in a single place after which have the opposite individual. The refs will let you know to maintain going should you stall. You will get a tally card, which is nice for the game as a result of nobody needs to observe boring jiu-jitsu or stalling. So I like the foundations as a result of it helps you retain going for the submissions.”
Followers in the US and Canada can catch the struggle dwell and at no cost this Friday on Prime Video with an energetic Amazon subscription.
