Darren Elkins Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Julian Erosa Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:15	UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes	Apr 12, 2025
W	Daniel Pineda Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira	Oct 19, 2024
W	TJ Brown Featherweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:23	UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza	Oct 14, 2023
L	Jonathan Pearce Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland	Dec 3, 2022
W	Tristan Connelly Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera	Apr 30, 2022
L	#15Cub Swanson Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:12	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021
W	Darrick Minner Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	3:48	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw	Jul 24, 2021
W	Eduardo Garagorri Featherweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:22	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira	Nov 7, 2020
L	Nate Landwehr Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris	May 16, 2020
L	Ryan Hall Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd	Jul 13, 2019
L	#12Ricardo Lamas Featherweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head On Ground	R3	4:09	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio	Nov 17, 2018
L	Alexander Volkanovski Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov	Jul 14, 2018
W	Michael Johnson Featherweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	2:22	UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi	Jan 14, 2018
W	#10Dennis Bermudez Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum	Jul 22, 2017
W	#13Mirsad Bektic Featherweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R3	3:19	UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2	Mar 4, 2017
W	Godofredo Pepey Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko	Jul 23, 2016
W	Chas Skelly Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz	Mar 5, 2016
W	Robert Whiteford Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka	Oct 24, 2015
L	Hacran Dias Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway	Dec 20, 2014
W	Lucas Martins Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2	Oct 25, 2014
L	Jeremy Stephens Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Thomson	Jan 25, 2014
W	Hatsu Hioki Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2	Aug 28, 2013
L	#1Chad Mendes Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:08	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez	Apr 20, 2013
W	Antonio Carvalho Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:06	UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz	Mar 16, 2013
W	Steven Siler Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit	Nov 17, 2012
W	Diego Brandao Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir	May 26, 2012
W	Zhang Tiequan Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard 3	Oct 8, 2011
W	Michihiro Omigawa Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin	Jun 11, 2011
L	Charles Oliveira Lightweight	Submission	Triangle Armbar From Bottom Guard	R1	0:41	UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko	Aug 1, 2010
W	Duane Ludwig Lightweight	KO/TKO	to Ankle Injury	R1	0:44	UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones	Mar 21, 2010

Outside the UFC

10-1across 11 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 3 sub · 2 decC3 · Hoosier FC 1 · TFC 17 · DC 6 · TFC 15 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Gideon Ray17-15-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Hoosier FC 1	Nov 20, 2009
W	Bryan Neville0-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:27	TFC 17	Oct 10, 2009
L	Ted Worthington35-57	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:13	DC 6	Sep 12, 2009
W	Danny Rodriguez5-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:36	TFC 15	May 30, 2009
W	Pat Curran23-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	C3	Nov 22, 2008
W	Kenny Klein0-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:36	C3	Aug 15, 2008
W	Decarlo Johnson0-3-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	0:24	C3	Apr 26, 2008
W	Atsuhiro Tsuboi7-16-4	Submission	Bulldog Choke	R1	1:55	Bodog Fight	Aug 24, 2007
W	Daniel Wanderley3-2	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	5:00	IMMAC 2	Apr 21, 2007
W	Matt Joseph2-4	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:00	BSB 3	Apr 4, 2007
W	Jeremy Markam0-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:00	BSB 2	Jan 24, 2007

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionBABS

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Adam Brady6-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	BABS	May 25, 2007

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 5 losses

W9

L5

Submission

6 wins, 1 loss

W6

L1

Decision

14 wins, 6 losses

W14

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

4

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.07

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.83

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Darren Elkins

PowerChin

Knockout rate

13%

4 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.22 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

4

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

0.70 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

15 scorecards on file

Darren Elkins

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 8 of 12 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

8–4

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous13 decisions · 87%

7W6L

Split2 decisions · 13%

2W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

6 rounds total

5

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD40th

38%1,190 / 3,096

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.06 differential

Landed3.40

Absorbed3.34

54%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head76%69th904
Body20%52nd235
Leg4%14th51

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

58%Standing

Standing58%685
Clinch20%242
Ground22%263

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Darren Elkins

Landed per 15

Head

A

71st

38.7

71st

Body

C

51st

10.1

51st

Leg

F

9th

2.2

9th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

40th

36.5

40th

Body

A

75th

7.8

75th

Leg

B

64th

5.7

64th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	38.7	904	2,670	34%
Body	10.1	235	359	65%
Leg	2.2	51	67	76%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.5	853	1,992	43%
Body	7.8	182	245	74%
Leg	5.7	134	158	85%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Darren Elkins

34%

Takedown accuracy

56%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.2 min net

On top5.5

On bottom2.3

Offense

Takedowns

A

79th

2.9

79th

TD accuracy

C

45th

34%

45th

Sub attempts

A

79th

1.1

79th

Control

A

85th

5.5 min

85th

Defense

TD defense

C

44th

56%

44th

Controlled

2.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	67 / 197
Submission attempts	25
Control time	129:02

Defense

TDs defended	32 / 57
Control absorbed	53:46

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (350min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Darren Elkins

30 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 350 min

109%

R3 pace · 22 bouts

Elkins builds (+5% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Elkins lifts to 109% of round-1 output by round 3 (22 bouts).

Elkins ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Elkinslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Elkinsattempts / min

Control time

Elkins% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.2	2.8	3.6	0.69	32%	30
R2	6.7	3.6	3.0	0.47	42%	24
R3	6.9	3.9	3.3	0.50	37%	22

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Darren Elkins

30 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

35/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

45th

30%

45th

Win quality

B

61st

43%

61st

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

5

3

6

8

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	4	0-4	0%
Top-15	5	3-2	60%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	3	1-2	33%
Building	6	5-1	83%
Unproven	8	8-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Julian Erosa	Established	30	Apr 12, 2025
W	Daniel Pineda	Unproven	12	Oct 19, 2024
W	TJ Brown	Unproven	12	Oct 14, 2023
L	Jonathan Pearce	Established	26	Dec 3, 2022
W	Tristan Connelly	Unproven	8	Apr 30, 2022
L	Cub Swanson#15	Top-5	78	Dec 18, 2021
W	Darrick Minner	Unproven	12	Jul 24, 2021
W	Eduardo Garagorri	Unproven	8	Nov 7, 2020
L	Nate Landwehr	Building	15	May 16, 2020
L	Ryan Hall	Top-15	49	Jul 13, 2019
L	Ricardo Lamas#12	Top-5	79	Nov 17, 2018
L	Alexander Volkanovski	Champion	71	Jul 14, 2018
W	Michael Johnson	Cross-div ranked	45	Jan 14, 2018
W	Dennis Bermudez#10	Top-15	73	Jul 22, 2017
W	Mirsad Bektic#13	Top-15	70	Mar 4, 2017
W	Godofredo Pepey	Building	18	Jul 23, 2016
W	Chas Skelly	Contender-level	36	Mar 5, 2016
W	Robert Whiteford	Building	18	Oct 24, 2015
L	Hacran Dias	Top-15	47	Dec 20, 2014
W	Lucas Martins	Building	18	Oct 25, 2014
L	Jeremy Stephens	Top-5	63	Jan 25, 2014
W	Hatsu Hioki	Unproven	12	Aug 28, 2013
L	Chad Mendes#1	Top-5	90	Apr 20, 2013
W	Antonio Carvalho	Building	18	Mar 16, 2013
W	Steven Siler	Established	26	Nov 17, 2012
W	Diego Brandao	Top-15	42	May 26, 2012
W	Zhang Tiequan	Unproven	8	Oct 8, 2011
W	Michihiro Omigawa	Unproven	8	Jun 11, 2011
L	Charles Oliveira	Champion	68	Aug 1, 2010
W	Duane Ludwig	Building	18	Mar 21, 2010

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

30 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-2

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

10-5

15 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

8-4

12 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

7-3

10 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

11-8

19 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

1y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Darren Elkins

Layoff

1y 2mosince last bout

vs Julian Erosa · Apr 12, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 8-2As underdog 10-9

73.8

DK avg

85.5

Median

120.3

Ceiling

12.6

Floor

57%

Boom

20%

Bust

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