Elkins vs Swanson

Who won Elkins vs Swanson?

Cub Swanson beat Darren Elkins by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 18th December 2021.

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 Swanson stats

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

Cub Swanson made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Darren Elkins' 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Cub Swanson marked his 25th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

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

The stats suggested Swanson had a slight advantage in power over Elkins, with a 44% knock out percentage over Elkins' 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Elkins had a slight advantage over Swanson, with a 19% submission rate over Swanson's 15%.

Darren Elkins was the younger man by 1 year, at 40 years old.

Elkins had a height advantage of 2 inches over Swanson. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Elkins was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 5 months later than Swanson, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 91 to Swanson's 102.

Elkins vs Swanson form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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.

Cub Swanson had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Kron Gracie at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Shane Burgos at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Before that, he had been beaten by Renato Moicano at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Staples Center, Los Angeles, United States.

He had been defeated by Frankie Edgar at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Cub Swanson had been fighting more than Darren Elkins.

Going to this contest, Darren Elkins had last fought 2 years and 11 months ago, while Cub Swanson's last outing had been 3 years, 10 months and 29 days ago.

Elkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Swanson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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