Daniel Kelly finished out his UFC contract in May, losing a fight with Tom Breese some 10,000 miles away from his home in Melbourne, Australia. That trip to Liverpool was a tough one to swallow for the four-time Olympic judoka, whom so many have lovably bestowed the nickname of “Dad Bod.” He took a thumb into the eye socket in the first round, and said he felt as though “Tom’s whole finger went to the back of my eye.” And that was how his UFC run came to a close.
An injury that parlayed into a sequence of put-aways.