Elkins vs Minner

Who won Elkins vs Minner?

Darren Elkins beat Darrick Minner by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Vegas 32, on Saturday 24th July 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Minner stats

Darren Elkins stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Darrick Minner made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 22 by submission.

This was Darren Elkins' 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010.

Darren Elkins' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Darrick Minner's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Elkins had a large advantage in power over Minner, boasting a 32% knock out percentage over Minner's 4%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Minner had a massive advantage over Elkins, boasting a 85% submission rate over Elkins' 20%.

Darren Elkins was the older man by 6 years, at 40 years old.

Elkins had a height advantage of 3 inches over Minner. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Elkins was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Minner, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 91 to Minner's 58.

Elkins vs Minner form

Elkins had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jonathan Pearce at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Cub Swanson at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Before that, 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.

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

Activity check

Elkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Minner's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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