UFC Quick Quote: Country breakfast prompts Paul Kelly to drop ten pounds and one division

by Jesse Holland on Feb 26, 2009 1:59 PM EST

"I’m definitely dropping to 155-pounds now, it makes sense. I was eating a big breakfast on the morning of the weigh-in last Friday (for UFC 95). While everyone else is dying to make weight, I’m sitting there with a big bowl of muesli and a glass of orange juice. I’ll just have to cut 10-pounds and that’s it. It’s no big deal. All the lightweights in my gym are bigger than me in between fights. They walk around at about 83 kilos and I walk around at about 81 or 82 kilos. I won’t lose any strength moving down. Nobody can keep me on my back in the gym and that will stay like that at lightweight."

-UFC welterweight Paul Kelly, fresh off his thrilling three-round victory over Troy Mandaloniz at UFC 95 "Sanchez vs. Stevenson," tells UFC.com that his next fight will be in the lightweight division for the simple fact that it would only require a ten pound cut -- mere child's play by today's standards. "Tellys" is a welcome addition to lightweight -- or any other weight class in the UFC for that matter so long as he continues to put on performances like he did last Friday at the O2 Arena on London, England.

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good call kelly… if you can make the weight, do it! size and strength used to not be as big of a deal a few years ago in mma, but it makes a difference now!

by brendan on Feb 26, 2009 2:32 PM EST reply actions

yea, there’s a serious mass exodus from the 170lb division. must be b/c these guys know they’ll prob never beat the Fitch/Alves/GSP’s of the world. Even Kos despite that shady stoppage will never get beat by alot of these guys.

by Crowls on Feb 26, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

If he can make the weight, all power to him. He can hang with other LW dry humpers like Huggie Bear. Not saying Kelly is a dry humper because I am actually a fan of his!

by john on Feb 26, 2009 3:37 PM EST up reply actions

Match him up with Neer. I’ve been sayin it ever since he started mentioning 155.

by NameNotRequired on Feb 26, 2009 6:37 PM EST up reply actions

yeh he is entertaining and i’m a fan but i dont want him to turn our like gurgel and fight to entertain instead of fighting to win

by ufcaddict on Feb 26, 2009 6:37 PM EST up reply actions

I agree ufcaddict. I hate when guys don’t fight to their strengths just to try and make the fight exciting. However, I also want to see guys with a wrestling base learn to pass the guard and be able to submit people and get TKO wins.

by GregC on Feb 27, 2009 1:00 AM EST up reply actions

No country breakfast I’ve ever heard of involves muesli.

by PW on Feb 26, 2009 2:37 PM EST reply actions

me neither….bacon, eggs, with a side of sausage, ham, and steak

by McArthur on Feb 26, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions

You know what they say, those English really know how to cook. :\

by BNF on Feb 26, 2009 4:49 PM EST up reply actions

their food is about as good as their weather is sunny

by brendan on Feb 26, 2009 7:06 PM EST up reply actions

If he can make the weight and drop down ritw then its a good call. Seems like a growing trend though of guys trying to drop a weight class to gain an advantage. One doctor was recently interviewed and said that the most weight you should be cutting in 10 lbs, five from diet and five from dehydration. Guys like Alves and fitch that cut 20-30 lbs are not doing themselves any favors. long term effects of weight cutting cant be good on the body, hopefully guys dont get too crazy with cutting weight and focus more on skills than just the size advantage.

by bobby o'shea on Feb 26, 2009 2:38 PM EST reply actions

If done right within context of the sport it can be done many times safely, and I wouldn’t get the opinion of a doctor, but that of a sports nutritionist is best.

by DAVE A on Feb 27, 2009 2:37 AM EST up reply actions