Amanda Kelly is a

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female

kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...

and mixed martial artist, based in London. She has competed professionally since 2005 and is currently in the Cage Warriors Bantamweight division. Trained in

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for 5 years due to her upright stance compared to other 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 ISKA World Title (2011). Amanda Kelly has defeated opponents such as

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

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called Drumnadrochit. 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 architecture when she first moved to London. After this, she began to study to become a personal trainer.

Titles

*2011 – ISKA World Champion *2010 – WMC (MAD) World Champion *2009 – IFMA World Championships, Thailand (Bronze) *2009 – IFMA European Championships, Latvia (Silver)

Kickboxing record

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, 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 , Chantal Ughi , , London, 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 , Manchester, 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

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, 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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