{"id":227201,"date":"2017-03-10T21:33:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T05:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=227201"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:58:58","slug":"dan-kelly-reflects-win-rashad-evans-discusses-future-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-kelly\/dan-kelly-reflects-win-rashad-evans-discusses-future-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Kelly reflects on win over Rashad Evans, discusses future fights"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend at UFC 209, ‘The Ultimate Fighter: Nations’ veteran Dan Kelly picked up an impressive unanimous decision win over Rashad Evans<\/a> as he outstruck the former light heavyweight champ while taking ‘Suga’ down several times throughout the fight.<\/p>\n

Despite the win being a massive one for Kelly, he has yet to crack into the middleweight division’s top 15. With that being said, the win was certainly the biggest of the Olympic Judoka’s MMA career. He spoke to Submission Radio<\/a> to reflect on the situation:<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of the big ones,\u201d Kelly said of his win over Rashad Evans. \u201cThis is one of the really, really big ones.”<\/p>\n

To be honest, he didn\u2019t hit as hard as I thought he would \u2013 which was good \u2013 and everything else was pretty much as I expected. I implemented my game plan pretty much how I wanted. I would have liked to have taken him down, but man, he was like a cat. I chopped his legs down, he\u2019d land on his front. Then he\u2019d be springing straight back up and I swept his feet out and he landed on his bum and he jumped straight back up. Like, he was really athletic. He was also very flexible”<\/p>\n

In regards to what could be next for him, Kelly stated:<\/p>\n

\"Vitor<\/p>\n

\u201c(Fighting) Vitor would be awesome,\u201d Kelly agreed, when asked about the potential mathcu. \u201cLook, outside of the top six \u2013 well now we\u2019ve got GSP who\u2019s thrown a spanner in the \u2013 not a spanner, he\u2019s made the title picture a little bit more interesting. So you got Bisping, GSP, Yoel Romero, Luke Rockhold, Jacare, Rob Whittaker, Mousasi, they\u2019re all fighting for the title thing at the moment. Anyone down from that I\u2019d be happy to fight, more than happy to fight.\u201d
\n…
\n\u201cAnderson Silva\u2019s everyone\u2019s dream to fight him, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Kelly continued when asked if he\u2019d consider a fight with the former middleweight king. \u201cSo outside of everyone going, \u2018I want to fight Conor McGregor,\u2019 Anderson Silva would be awesome. Another former champion, same as Vitor, but Anderson would be really cool. But we\u2019ll see what they offer me in the next week or so. As long as it\u2019s a ranked guy, I don\u2019t really mind.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/10\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past weekend at UFC 209, ‘The Ultimate Fighter: Nations’ veteran Dan Kelly picked up an impressive unanimous decision win over Rashad Evans as he outstruck the former light heavyweight champ while taking ‘Suga’ down several times throughout the fight. 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