Danielle Kelly

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• ▸ Across 24 recorded matches, Kelly has finished 6 of her wins by submission, good for a 46 percent submission win rate. That sits above the site average of 40 percent, so she is genuinely a threat to end matches when she gets to the finish.
• ▸ Her recorded submission wins lean heavily on the lower body, with 2 by heel hook, 1 by kneebar, and 1 by straight ankle lock. If you are drilling to face her, your leg entanglement defense had better be sharp.
• ▸ Kelly has faced Jessica Crane 3 times on record and won all 3, most recently by decision at Thug Trials 3 in 2026. That is a matchup she has fully figured out.
• ▸ Her recorded matches span from 2018 to 2026, with her busiest year in 2021 at 8 matches. The bulk of that work is no-gi, with 17 of her matches on record in no-gi.
• ▸ Kelly's win over Jessica Buchman came by submission at the 2019 ADCC West Coast Trials, an event where she appears 3 times on record. Trials runs are a grind, and stacking multiple matches in one bracket tells you about her gas tank.