Brian Kelleher

🇺🇸

(1986-08-19)

Statistics

UFC Record: 8-9

By Method:

KO/TKO: 2-2
Submission: 3-5
Decision: 3-2

By Elo:

As Favorite: 6-3
As Underdog: 2-6

By Weight Class:

Bantamweight: 5-5
Featherweight: 3-3

By Round:

Round 1: 3-6
Round 2: 1-0
Round 3: 4-3

By Type:

Ranked Opponent: 1-2

UFC Roster Status: Inactive

Last 5: WLLLL

Peak Elo: 2915 (2017-06-03) (#579)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2751 (#626)

Bonuses: 5 (2 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 7m 51s

Total Fight Time: 2h 13m 38s (#404)

Avg Time Between Fights: 121 days

Avg Card Slot: 7.6 (#1279)

Avg Age: 33.8 years

Avg Opp Age: 30.2 years

Peak Rankings:

#15 Bantamweight

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2024-07-20
UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba

Cody Gibson (36)

🇺🇸

WLLLL • 1-5
Elo: 2730 (68%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
SUB
R1
3:58

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (37)
8-8 • LLLWW
Elo: 2606 (32%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2023-12-16
UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

Cody Garbrandt (32)

🇺🇸

LWLLW • 8-5
Elo: 2855 (77%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
KO
R1
3:42

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (37)
8-7 • LLWWL
Elo: 2654 (23%)

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2022-06-25
UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot

Mario Bautista (28)

🇺🇸

LWWLW • 3-2
Elo: 2700 (40%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
SUB
R1
2:27

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (35)
8-6 • LWWLW
Elo: 2775 (60%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2022-03-05
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal

Umar Nurmagomedov (26)

🇷🇺

W • 1-0
Elo: 2968 (68%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
SUB
R1
3:15

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (35)
8-5 • WWLWL
Elo: 2840 (32%)

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2022-01-15
UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Chikadze

Brian Kelleher (35)

🇺🇸

WLWLW • 7-5
Elo: 2801 (80%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Kevin Croom (34)
0-1 (1 NC) • NL
Elo: 2555 (20%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2021-08-21
UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum

Brian Kelleher (35)

🇺🇸

LWLWW • 6-5
Elo: 2754 (76%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Domingo Pilarte (31)
0-1 (1 NC) • LN
Elo: 2549 (24%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2021-02-13
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns

Ricky Simon (28)

🇺🇸

WLLWW • 5-2
Elo: 2889 (58%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (34)
6-4 • WLWWL
Elo: 2840 (42%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2020-09-05
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai

⭐ Brian Kelleher (34)

🇺🇸

LWWLL • 5-4
Elo: 2786 (73%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
SUB
R1
0:39

🇺🇸

Ray Rodriguez (32)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2612 (27%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2020-06-06
UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer

Cody Stamann (30)

🇺🇸

WWLWD • 4-1-1
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2948 (63%)

FEATHERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (33)
5-3 • WWLLW
Elo: 2862 (37%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2020-05-13
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira

Brian Kelleher (33)

🇺🇸

WLLWW • 4-3
Elo: 2746 (42%)

FEATHERWEIGHT

⭐KO⭐

R2
3:40

🇺🇸

Hunter Azure (28)
1-0 • W
Elo: 2802 (58%)

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville, Florida
United States🇺🇸

2020-01-18
UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy

⭐ Brian Kelleher (33)

🇺🇸

LLWWL • 3-3
Elo: 2687 (70%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
SUB
R1
2:49

🇯🇲

Ode Osbourne (28)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2535 (30%)

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2018-12-29
UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2

Montel Jackson (26)

🇺🇸

L • 0-1
Elo: 2591 (19%)

CATCHWEIGHT (137 LB)
SUB
R1
1:40

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (32)
3-2 • LWWLW
Elo: 2851 (81%)

The Forum
Inglewood, California
United States🇺🇸

2018-05-12
UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington

John Lineker (27)

🇧🇷

WWWLW • 11-3
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3050 (69%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
KO
R3
3:43

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (31)
3-1 • WWLW
Elo: 2913 (31%)

Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil🇧🇷

2018-02-24
UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens

Brian Kelleher (31)

🇺🇸

WLW • 2-1
Elo: 2823 (54%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷

Renan Barao (31)
9-4 • WLLWL
Elo: 2790 (46%)

Amway Center
Orlando, Florida
United States🇺🇸

2017-10-21
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Till

Brian Kelleher (31)

🇺🇸

LW • 1-1
Elo: 2748 (62%)

BANTAMWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R3
3:39

🇵🇱

Damian Stasiak (27)
2-2 • LWWL
Elo: 2659 (38%)

Ergo Arena
Gdańsk/Sopot
Poland🇵🇱

2017-07-22
UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum

Marlon Vera (24)

🇪🇨

LWLWW • 3-2
Elo: 2629 (17%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
SUB
R1
2:18

🇺🇸

Brian Kelleher (30)
1-0 • W
Elo: 2915 (83%)

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, New York
United States🇺🇸

2017-06-03
UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway

⭐ Brian Kelleher (30)

🇺🇸

Debut 🔰
Elo: 2779 (31%)

BANTAMWEIGHT
SUB
R1
1:48

🇧🇷

Iuri Alcantara (36)
9-4 (1 NC) • LWLWW
Elo: 2910 (69%) • UFC rank: #13

Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil🇧🇷