{"id":249370,"date":"2017-09-15T09:59:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T16:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=249370"},"modified":"2017-09-15T09:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T16:59:35","slug":"dan-kelly-ultimate-fighter-nations-ufc-fight-night-121-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-kelly\/dan-kelly-ultimate-fighter-nations-ufc-fight-night-121-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Kelly Wants to Prove to Elias Theodorou Who’s King of the House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan Kelly is 40-years young and started Judo when he was seven years old. If you don’t like math, that means he’s been throwing dudes on their head for longer than his opponent Elias\u00a0Theodorou has been alive. Their paths crossed initially in The Ultimate Fighter Nations house. Unfortunately, Kelly was defeated early while Theodorou later became the winner of the show. Despite losing their last respective fights, both Dan Kelly and Elias Theodorou went on to have success inside the UFC’s Octagon. Finally, Kelly will be able to prove who was \u00a0really the best fighter in the house at UFC Sydney.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a validation thing. I remember when I first got into the UFC it was about showing that I was at that level, that I belong there. I proved that now. But obviously this is about going, ‘I was the best guy on that show,’ and me getting the opportunity to fight [Elias Theodorou] is exactly that, it\u2019s me going, ‘no, no, I was the best guy. I was. It just wasn\u2019t my day in the house that day,’ and I\u2019ve proven now, we\u2019ve both got our own training camps and we both prepared fully and we\u2019re both experienced now, we both have the same amount of fights that I\u2019m the better guy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201c[Theodorou] will stay away. He\u2019ll stay away and run around and dance around, exactly the same way he fought Sam Alvey is how he\u2019ll fight me, I think. Yeah, I don\u2019t think he wants to clinch up with me, which is what I\u2019ll be trying to force him to do, but I\u2019ve got some little tricks. I think I\u2019ll be doing lots of spinning kicks, spinning back fists, flying knees. So, I\u2019m gonna surprise him with a few new things. I\u2019ve been drinking at the fountain of youth and 40 is the new 30 and I\u2019ll be flying in there. Get ready for a crane kick.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Dan Kelly to Submission Radio<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not only does Elias Theodorou have 11-years on Dan Kelly, he’s got the trophy as well. While we don’t expect him to hand over that fancy engraved prism, Kelly would enjoy a moral victory over the TUF winner and back into the win column. Who will end up the real king of the TUF Nations house? UFC Fight Night 121 goes down in Sydney, Australia on November 19th and will be headlined by Mark Hunt taking on Marcin Tybura.<\/p>\n