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Darren Elkins
“The Damage”
USFeatherweightActiveage 42
29 — 12
71% win rate
L1 streak
Peak Vertex
2018-01-1453-47 vs current
AfterWvs Michael Johnson · Sub
EndedLvs Alexander Volkanovski · U-Dec · 2018-07-14 · score → 37
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
19 wins11 losseslast 5: L W W L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Strikes landed
- Head90476%
- Body23520%
- Legs514%
Strikes absorbed
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(30) | R2(24) | R3(22) | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 13.0 | 17.9 | 19.1 | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 19.0 | 14.8 | 16.3 | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 1.48 | 0.88 | 0.68 | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.20 | 0.43 | 0.44 | — | — |
| Control time | 1:34 | 2:09 | 1:52 | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes2025-04-12L·KO·R1 · 4:15
- UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira2024-10-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza2023-10-14vsTJ BrownW·Sub·R3 · 2:23
- UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland2022-12-03L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera2022-04-30W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18L·KO·R1 · 2:12
- UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw2021-07-24W·KO·R2 · 3:48
- UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira2020-11-07W·Sub·R3 · 2:22
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris2020-05-16L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd2019-07-13L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio2018-11-17L·KO·R3 · 4:09
- UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov2018-07-14L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi2018-01-14W·Sub·R2 · 2:22
- UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum2017-07-22W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 22017-03-04W·KO·R3 · 3:19
- UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko2016-07-23W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz2016-03-05W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs Smolka2015-10-24W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway2014-12-20L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 22014-10-25W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Thomson2014-01-25L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann 22013-08-28W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez2013-04-20L·KO·R1 · 1:08
- UFC 158: St-Pierre vs Diaz2013-03-16W·KO·R1 · 3:06
- UFC 154: St-Pierre vs Condit2012-11-17W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir2012-05-26W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 32011-10-08W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin2011-06-11W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko2010-08-01L·Sub·R1 · 0:41
- UFC Live: Vera vs Jones2010-03-21W·KO·R1 · 0:44
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.