Danielle Kelly bares her career choice if she wasn’t a martial artist

Danielle Kelly reveals her preferred career choice outside of martial arts.

Kelly has dedicated her life to martial arts, leading to a successful career with ONE Championship thus far. Although submission grappling is rapidly growing, the martial arts discipline was not receiving mainstream attention before ONE began providing a massive platform.

The American BJJ superstar recently did a Q&A on her Instagram story. Kelly was asked what she would do if submission grappling wasn’t a career option. The fan had this to say:

“Dream career and it can’t be anything in martial arts related - Go.”

Kelly responded by saying:

“I’ve always wanted to work with forensics or detective work like stuff lol I know weirdo stuff”

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Danielle Kelly’s first ONE Championship submission grappling match was in March 2022. Kelly was matched up against former ONE women’s atomweight MMA world title challenger Mei Yamaguchi, ending in a draw before the promotion changed the scoring criteria.

At ONE on Prime Video 4: Abbasov vs. Lee, Kelly took on sambo specialist Mariia Molchanova. The Silver Fox BJJ made a statement by submitting Molchanova with a rear-naked choke at 2:15. This past February, the American superstar secured her latest submission grappling win by securing a unanimous decision against former ONE women’s strawweight world title challenger Ayaka Miura.

In February 2021, Danielle Kelly lost a Who’s #1 submission grappling match against Jessa Khan, who is now signed to ONE Championship. Kelly hopes her next ONE appearance is a rematch against Khan.