Amanda Kelly is a

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female

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and

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, based in

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. She has competed professionally since 2005 and is currently in the

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division. Trained in

Muay Thai Muay Thai or Muaythai (, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, the Art of Eight Limbs or the Science of Eight Limbs, is a Thai martial art and full-contact combat sport that uses stand-up striking, sweeps, and various clinch fighting, cl ...

for 5 years due to her upright stance compared to others in her training group.

Fight career

Amanda Kelly began competing in the IFMA European Championships 2009 in

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and the IFMA World Championships 2009 in Thailand gaining a Silver and Bronz
medals
Amanda then made the decision to focus and become a kickboxer the sport and gave up her career in Architecture. This decision lead to her achieving the WMC (MAD) World Title (2010) and the

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World Title (2011). Amanda Kelly has defeated opponents such as

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, Claire Haigh, Rachida Hilali. Amanda Kelly is originally from a small village outside of

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called

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. She studied and worked in Scotland but did not have the time to train and compete which led her to moving to London. The East London KO Muay Thai gym was the first gym she joined after moving. Amanda Kelly worked in the field of

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when she first moved to London. After this, she began to study to become a

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Titles

*2011 –

World Champion *2010 – WMC (MAD) World Champion *2009 – IFMA World Championships, Thailand (Bronze) *2009 – IFMA European Championships, Latvia (Silver)

Kickboxing record

, - style="background:#cfc;" , , style="text-align:center;", Win , Fatima Adib , Enfusion Live ,

, England , style="text-align:center;", Decision , align=center, , align=center, , style="text-align:center;", 30–1–1 , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , , style="text-align:center;", Win , Julie Kitchen , In Honor of the King, Playa Vista , Los Angeles, United States , style="text-align:center;", Split Decision , align=center, , align=center, , style="text-align:center;", 29–1–1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , , style="text-align:center;", Win ,

, ,

, England , style="text-align:center;", TKO (Liver Kick) , align=center, , align=center, , style="text-align:center;", 28–1–1 , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , , style="text-align:center;", Win ,

, Lady Killers 4 ,

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, England , style="text-align:center;", Unanimous Decision , align=center, 5 , align=center, 3:00 , style="text-align:center;", 27–1–1 , - , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , , style="text-align:center;", Draw , Claire Haigh , Muay Thai Addicts III , , style="text-align:center;", Unanimous Decision , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:00 , style="text-align:center;", 26–1–1 , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

Mixed martial arts record

, Loss , align=center, 1–3 , L.J. Adams , Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) , CWFC 72 – Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 72 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:33 , Newport, Wales , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–2 , Kerry Hughes , TKO (Punches) , CWFC 69 – Super Saturday , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:56 , London, England , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–1 , Laura Howarth , Decision (Unanimous) , CWFC 64 – Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 64 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , London, England , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Hannah Stephens , KO (Knee) , CWFC 60 – Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 60 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:40 , London, England ,

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