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Fighting runs in the family for Daniel Kelly -- a.k.a. Mr. ‘Dad Bod’

Because Daniel Kelly has the look of a fellow who drives a Honda Odyssey to work everyday, his upset victory over Antonio Carlos Junior back in March stood out among the many held at UFC Fight Night 85 in Brisbane. As far as surface narratives go, why not? Here was a man who was 38 years old, scoring a technical knockout over a fighter a dozen years his junior, defying Vegas odds and Darwin’s theories alike, in his native country.

Not a bad night.

Yet what Kelly could have lived without was the nickname assigned to him by all the social media players that had tuned in that night…"Dad Bod.