Danielle Kelly One FC performances have earned her another trip back to the circle against Mariia Molchanova soon. Before their match, she talked about training Sabmo herself, drawing inspiration from other grapplers, and thinking about trying the Mikey Musumeci diet.
In anticipation of the next Danielle Kell One FC performance, her third, set for November 18, at One on Prime Video, Kelly has been quite active on social media and different outlets, talking about many different subjects.
Danielle Kelly is looking to become the first ever One Submission Grappling female world champion, and going 3-0 with a win against Sabmo World Champion Molchanova would no doubt get her a title shot in her next outing.
Even though an official Danielle Kelly One FC title shot offer still has to wait until after November 18, the Karl Pravec black belt has her sights firmly set on it:
“Whoever I go against for the title, if I ever compete for the title, it would mean the world to me. It’s because it’ll just be another accomplishment that I wanted to accomplish since I was a kid doing the sport since I was 11.”
Despite begin an accomplished BJJ black belt, Kelly has some Sambo experience:
“I competed in a few sambo tournaments. So the rules are kind of weird, but I think when I was starting to do sambo tournaments, I was focused on the leg locking because I want to just work on that when it started to become popular.
“I feel like they get a submission or they get an arm or leg on you, you would have to be really intelligent and actually know what you’re doing when you’re trying to get out of [the] submission. We can’t just let them take an arm or a leg, or they’re going to break it.”
The Danielle Kelly One FC career can be a log one, perhaps even extending into MMA in the future. For now, though, the 26-year-old draws inspiration from Mikey Musumeci and the Rutolo brothers’ performances in One submission grappling:
“When I saw Mikey winning the world title, at first it made me really motivated because I do wanna win the ONE championship world title for women’s grappling. It brings a lot of motivation and Kade and Mikey winning it was really good to see.”
Speaking of Musumeci, Danielle Kelly is looking to put some muscle on, and is considering giving the Musumeci pasta and pizza diet a go (The MMA Superfan):
“I’m a small person. I walk around 115. I’m a natural one-fifteener so I don’t really gain weight, which is kind of sad. So right now lately, I’ve been trying to gain some muscle so I’ve been trying to eat a lot, so I might just do the Mikey [Musumeci] diet.”
