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Darren Elkins
“The Damage”
Featherweight
United StatesUFCNot Fighting2-fight losing streak
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29WINS
13LOSSES
0DRAWS
9KO/TKO
6SUB
14DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 42 · born May 16, 1984 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′10″ 178 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 71″ 180 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 39″ 99 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Featherweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Freestyle UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Team Alpha Male (Urijah Faber's Ultimate Fitness) UFC.com
- Born
- Portage, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Mar. 21, 2010 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 9 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
38%Striking accuracy1190 of 3098 landed
20%Takedown accuracy39⚑ of 198 landed
3.39Sig. strikes landedper min
3.34Sig. strikes absorbedper min
51%Striking defense
2.86Takedownsper 15 min
56%Takedown defense
1.07Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.09Knockdownsper 15 min
11:19Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 31 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Yadier del Valle | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 8, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Julian Erosa | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 12, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Daniel Pineda | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 19, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | TJ Brown | Submission | 3 | Oct 14, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Jonathan Pearce | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 3, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Tristan Connelly | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 30, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Cub Swanson | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 18, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Darrick Minner | KO/TKO | 2 | Jul 24, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Eduardo Garagorri | Submission | 3 | Nov 7, 2020 | ↗ |
| L | Nate Landwehr | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 16, 2020 | ↗ |
| L | Ryan Hall | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 13, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Ricardo Lamas | KO/TKO | 3 | Nov 17, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Alexander Volkanovski | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 14, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Michael Johnson | Submission | 2 | Jan 14, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Dennis Bermudez | Decision - Split | 3 | Jul 22, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Mirsad Bektic | KO/TKO | 3 | Mar 4, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Godofredo Pepey | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 23, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Chas Skelly | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 5, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Robert Whiteford | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 24, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Hacran Dias | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 20, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Lucas Martins | Decision - Split | 3 | Oct 25, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Jeremy Stephens | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 25, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Hatsu Hioki | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 28, 2013 | ↗ |
| L | Chad Mendes | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 20, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Antonio Carvalho | KO/TKO | 1 | Mar 16, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Steven Siler | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 17, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | Diego Brandao | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 26, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | Zhang Tiequan | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 8, 2011 | ↗ |
| W | Michihiro Omigawa | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 11, 2011 | ↗ |
| L | Charles Oliveira | Submission | 1 | Aug 1, 2010 | ↗ |
| W | Duane Ludwig | KO/TKO | 1 | Mar 21, 2010 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.