Lamas vs Elkins

Who won Lamas vs Elkins?

Ricardo Lamas beat Darren Elkins by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 140, on Saturday 17th November 2018 at Luna Park in Buenos Aires.

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).

Lamas vs Elkins stats

Ricardo Lamas stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Darren Elkins made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Ricardo Lamas' UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Darren Elkins' came in at 18-10-0.

The stats suggested Elkins had a slight advantage in power over Lamas, with a 33% knock out percentage over Lamas' 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lamas had an advantage over Elkins, with a 28% submission rate over Elkins' 17%.

Ricardo Lamas was the older man by 2 years, at 41 years old.

Elkins had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lamas. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Lamas was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year later than Elkins, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 62 to Elkins' 88.

Lamas vs Elkins form

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

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Elkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 4 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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