At ONE Battle Evening 14, Danielle Kelly will lastly get the chance that she has been searching down since signing with ONE Championship.
On Friday, September 29, she’s going to look to affix the likes of Mikey Musumeci and Kade Ruotolo as one of many promotion’s world champions in submission grappling.
Having produced back-to-back wins contained in the circle in her latest contests, Kelly additionally has some extent to show with this particular match-up.
Stepping contained in the Singapore Indoor Stadium, she’s going to face a former opponent in Jessa Khan.
Not solely does Khan maintain a win over Kelly that she has been campaigning to attempt to get again, her opponent holds one vital accolade over her.
In 2023, Khan produced the spotlight of her profession as one of many high feminine grapplers on the planet, successful the gold on the IBJJF world championships as a black belt within the mild featherweight division.
As they do battle for the inaugural ONE atomweight submission grappling world championship, Danielle Kelly is eager to show that successful a world championship doesn’t outline you in grappling.
By defeating Khan, the 27-year-old hopes to point out that she is the elite competitor within the weight class and simply because she is but to win a world championship, doesn’t imply she doesn’t belong on the high.
In an interview with ONE Championship, she stated:
“I really feel like I practice with the very best, and I’m gonna show that you just don’t must be a World Champion to be higher than anybody else. You don’t must have a bunch of titles.”
ONE Battle Evening 14 will air reside and free in U.S. primetime for North American viewers with an energetic Amazon Prime Video subscription.