Elkins vs Connelly

Who won Elkins vs Connelly?

Darren Elkins beat Tristan Connelly by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 30th April 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Darren Elkins.

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 Connelly stats

Darren Elkins stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Tristan Connelly made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Darren Elkins' 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010.

Darren Elkins' UFC record stood at 19-11-0, while Tristan Connelly's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Elkins had a slight advantage in power over Connelly, with a 35% knock out percentage over Connelly's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Connelly had a massive advantage over Elkins, boasting a 64% submission rate over Elkins' 19%.

Darren Elkins was the older man by 2 years, at 41 years old.

Elkins had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Elkins was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Connelly, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 92 to Connelly's 52.

Elkins vs Connelly form

Elkins had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Tristan Connelly at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Cub Swanson at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Darrick Minner at UFC Vegas 32 on 24th July 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ricardo Lamas at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He had defeated Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night 124 on 14th January 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Scottrade Center, St. Louis, United States.

Activity check

Elkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Connelly's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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