Elkins vs Johnson

Who won Elkins vs Johnson?

Darren Elkins beat Michael Johnson by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 124, on Sunday 14th January 2018 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Elkins vs Johnson stats

Darren Elkins stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Michael Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Darren Elkins' 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Michael Johnson marked his 30th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2010.

Darren Elkins' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Michael Johnson's came in at 15-15-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had an advantage in power over Elkins, with a 47% knock out percentage over Elkins' 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Elkins had a slight advantage over Johnson, with a 13% submission rate over Johnson's 12%.

Darren Elkins was the older man by 2 years, at 40 years old.

Johnson had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Elkins was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year earlier than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 91 to Johnson's 98.

Elkins vs Johnson form

Michael Johnson had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alan Patrick at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Clay Guida at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had been defeated by Stevie Ray at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

He had lost to Josh Emmett at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

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Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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