Since signing with ONE Championship, submission grappler Danielle Kelly has been calling her photographs at among the largest names within the promotion.

From the second she turned part of the ONE household, the 27-year outdated has been campaigning for high-profile matchups as she appears to check herself on the most important stage potential.

One title 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 ladies appear open to the concept of testing their grappling abilities in opposition to each other.

Throughout her pre-event interview forward of ONE Combat Night time 7 on Prime Video, Danielle Kelly talked about one other title alongside Lee, strawweight MMA world champion Xiong Jing Nan.

She stated:

“I might like to go in opposition to each of them [Xiong and Angela Lee]. I might like to go in opposition to 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 in opposition to the 2 formidable feminine champs to convey extra eyes to submission grappling.

Danielle Kelly talks about ONE Championship’s submission grappling ruleset

Danielle Kelly is without doubt one of the premier submission grappling opponents on the ONE Championship roster. Lately, the promotion has been closely investing into the game, and with that comes a singular ruleset.

ONE Championship’s variation on the grappling ruleset favors offense over anything, encouraging opponents to attempt to end the competition. With that, it rewards fighters with a choice victory in the event that they’re unable to get the submission however produced the higher threats.

At ONE Combat 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 will likely be troublesome to submit. Nonetheless, she will be able to benefit from 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 stated:

“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 when you stall. You may get a tally card, which is nice for the game as a result of nobody desires to observe boring jiu-jitsu or stalling. So I like the principles as a result of it helps you retain going for the submissions.”

Followers in the USA and Canada can catch the battle reside and totally free this Friday on Prime Video with an lively Amazon subscription.