Amanda Kelly | |
Other Names: | Machine Gun |
Residence: | London, England |
Nationality: | Scottish |
Weight: | 126lb |
Weight Class: | Bantamweight |
Reach: | 70inches |
Style: | Boxing, Muay Thai |
Stance: | Southpaw |
Team: | KO Gym[1] |
Kickbox Win: | 30 |
Kickbox Kowin: | 9 |
Kickbox Loss: | 1 |
Kickbox Draw: | 1 |
Mma Kowin: | 1 |
Mma Koloss: | 1 |
Mma Subloss: | 1 |
Mma Decloss: | 1 |
Url: | https://www.amandakellypt.com/ |
Sherdog: | 145251 |
Amanda Kelly[2] is a Scottish female kickboxer and mixed martial artist, based in London. She has competed professionally since 2005 and is currently in the Cage Warriors Bantamweight division.[3] Trained in Muay Thai for 5 years due to her upright stance compared to others in her training group.[4]
Amanda Kelly began competing in the IFMA European Championships 2009 in Latvia and the IFMA World Championships 2009 in Thailand gaining a Silver and Bronze medals. Amanda then made the decision to focus and become a kickboxer the sport and gave up her career in Architecture. This decision lead to her achieving the WMC (MAD) World Title (2010) and the ISKA World Title (2011). Amanda Kelly has defeated opponents such as Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Chantal Ughi, Claire Haigh, Rachida Hilali.[5] [6] [7]
Amanda Kelly is originally from a small village outside of Inverness called Drumnadrochit. She studied and worked in Scotland but did not have the time to train and compete which led her to moving to London. The East London KO Muay Thai gym was the first gym she joined after moving.
Amanda Kelly worked in the field of architecture when she first moved to London. After this, she began to study to become a personal trainer.
|- style="background:#cfc;"|| style="text-align:center;"|Win| Fatima Adib|Enfusion Live| London, England| style="text-align:center;"|Decision|align=center||align=center|| style="text-align:center;"|30–1–1|-|- style="background:#cfc;"|| style="text-align:center;"|Win| Julie Kitchen|In Honor of the King, Playa Vista| Los Angeles, United States| style="text-align:center;"|Split Decision|align=center||align=center|| style="text-align:center;"|29–1–1|-! style=background:white colspan=9 ||-|- style="background:#cfc;"|| style="text-align:center;"|Win| Chantal Ughi|| London, England| style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Liver Kick)|align=center||align=center|| style="text-align:center;"|28–1–1|-|- style="background:#cfc;"|| style="text-align:center;"|Win| Joanna Jędrzejczyk|Lady Killers 4| Manchester, England| style="text-align:center;"|Unanimous Decision|align=center|5|align=center|3:00| style="text-align:center;"|27–1–1|-|- style="background:#c5d2ea;"|| style="text-align:center;"|Draw| Claire Haigh|Muay Thai Addicts III| | style="text-align:center;"|Unanimous Decision|align=center|3|align=center|3:00| style="text-align:center;"|26–1–1|-| colspan=9 | Legend:
|Loss|align=center|1–3|L.J. Adams|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)|CWFC 72 – Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 72||align=center|3|align=center|3:33|Newport, Wales||-|Loss|align=center|1–2|Kerry Hughes|TKO (Punches)|CWFC 69 – Super Saturday||align=center|2|align=center|4:56|London, England||-|Loss|align=center|1–1|Laura Howarth|Decision (Unanimous)|CWFC 64 – Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 64||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|London, England||-|Win|align=center|1–0|Hannah Stephens|KO (Knee)|CWFC 60 – Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 60||align=center|1|align=center|3:40|London, England|