Reported prose from our newsroom. Top-control wrestler
Darren Elkins made his UFC debut on March 21, 2010. He enters Saturday's card at the UFC APEX with a 19-11 record over 30 promotional fights.
His last five bouts, all at featherweight, produced three wins and two losses. Elkins beat Tristan Connelly by unanimous decision on April 30, 2022, then lost a unanimous decision to Jonathan Pearce on Dec. 3, 2022.
He submitted TJ Brown in the third round on Oct. 14, 2023, and beat Daniel Pineda by unanimous decision on Oct. 19, 2024.
Elkins last fought on April 12, 2025, when Julian Erosa stopped him by TKO in the first round. It was the only time he was finished in those five fights.
His return Saturday comes about 16 months later, the longest gap in that five-fight run.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | The Damage |
| Nationality | United States |
| Hometown | Hobart, Indiana |
| Fighting out of | pending |
| Height | 5' 10" |
| Reach | 71.0" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Age | 42 |
| Date of birth | May 16, 1984 |
| Weight | 145 lbs. |
| Pro record | 29-12 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Darren Elkins once, 1 correct (1-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-19 | Daniel Pineda | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Vidal | 63.8% | Correct |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.
Pro record: 29-12. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
