The SBG Ireland-trained teenager will take the next step in his development under the Bellator MMA flag when he squares off with Paul Nolan as part of the Bellator Champions Series Dublin undercard.
undercard this Saturday at 3Arena in Dublin. The 19-year-old Irishman—he turns 20 in August—sounds like a man who sees value in accumulating as much knowledge and experience as possible before he makes the inevitable jump to the professional ranks.“We can only take it fight by fight,” Kelly told Sherdog.com. “I don’t want to think too far ahead into the future. I’m just going to get this fight done put on another great performance.
For now, preparation and growth are paramount for Kelly, who started his formal martial arts training as a kickboxer at the age of 4. “I’m training hard like always,” he said. “I don’t really ever take time off. I’m honestly 24/7 in the gym improving and evolving, and I’ve been putting myself through hell again these last 10 weeks. I don’t look at it as a 10-week or 12-week training camp. I just look at it like I’ve been doing this my entire life, like 15 years of dedicating my life to this sport. It’s just every week or every day. It’s just like another day to me: Wake up, train and go home, train again.
Kelly enters the cage having posted back-to-back submission wins. He last fought at Bellator Champions Series 1, where he turned awaywith an armbar less than two minutes into their March 22 encounter. Kelly’s rout of Elliott followed an anaconda choke stoppage against “The last two fights have been finished by submission, so I think I’m more of a grappler now than a striker,” he said. “I’m excited now that I get to showcase all my skills and all my abilities on such a big platform with the PFL and Bellator. Obviously, I’ve been striking a long time, but I’ve been grappling since I was 7, so I’m now getting to showcase my full skill set. That’s what I plan on doing again.
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